Cover up and Trick

Cover up

Cover up verb - To keep from being publicly known.

Trick and cover up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Cover up".

Trick

Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Cover up and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover up" instead a noun "Trick".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / Midsomer Murders Cacophony Cover Up: In "Murder by Magic", the killer uses the sound of gunshot being used in a magic trick to mask the sound of the gunshot they used to kill one of their victims.
  • Fingerless Gloves Street punks, mutants, hardened mercenaries, evil magic clowns — Paragon City apparently has a strict "no bare hands" dress code.note This is actually an artistic/psychological trick to cover up technical limitations in the game engine.
  • Series / Madam Secretary While Sterling suspected that Reeves might be corrupt because of how he is goaded to make the choice, the real plan was to trick him into shredding his records of his daily schedule in order to cover up his involvement with working against Dalton on the Cuba embargo.
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