Cover up
Cover up verb - To keep from being publicly known.
Gray
Gray verb - Make grey.
Both terms in one sentence
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Inverted, with prejudice, in Lucian Truscott's novel Dress Gray, after West Point cadet Ry Slaight figures out that the commandant of cadets has been railroading him to cover up a murder.
Source: Don't Call Me "Sir" - Used in Torchwood to cover up the real name of Jack Harkness: during a flashback to his childhood, his parents refer to him only as "son", even while continually calling his brother, Gray, by his real name.
Source: You Know the One -
Black and Gray Morality: You're an assassin paid by people with personal interest (be it money, cover up or plain revenge) to take out people who range from dangerous assholes to bloodthirsty warlord.
Source: Video Game / Hitman (2016)
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