blue wall of silence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up
Types & categories
- cover-up hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover-up |