Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Robbed
Both words in one sentence
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Baleful Polymorph: When Sigmund and Sinfjotli cover themselves in the wolfskins they robbed from two outlaws, they are transformed into werewolves.
- In the film, Training Day, part of Alonzo's master plan is to get Jake high on drugs and later use him for cover when he robbed and killed his long time drug contact.
- After the fact, Lochte made up a story about being robbed at gunpoint to cover up the incident, and returned to America, leaving the other swimmers involved to deal with the fallout in Rio.
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