Whitewash (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The governor was accused of trying to whitewash the corruption scandal surrounding her administration by downplaying its severity.
- Critics claimed that the company's apology was an attempt to whitewash their irresponsible environmental practices.
- The company's reputation has been damaged by the scandal, and they must stop trying to whitewash it and take responsibility for their actions.
- The school's principal was fired for attempting to whitewash a brutal hazing incident by portraying it as a minor fight.
- The athletes' union accused the governing body of trying to whitewash the doping allegations by conducting a biased investigation.
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Meaning 2
Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.