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WALL OF SILENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
Example:
the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up
Synonyms:
blue wall; blue wall of silence; wall of silence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wall of silence" is a kind of...):
cover-up (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)
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