cover-up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cover-up in the English»French Dictionary

cover-up N

cover-up

opération f de camouflage

I.cover up VB [Brit ˈkʌvə -, Am ˈkəvər -] (cover up)

1. cover up (put clothes on):

cover up

se couvrir

2. cover up:

to cover oneself up

se couvrir (with de)

3. cover up (conceal truth):

cover up

étouffer une affaire

to cover up for colleague, friend, mistakes

couvrir

they're covering up for each other

ils se couvrent l'un l'autre

II.cover up VB [Brit ˈkʌvə -, Am ˈkəvər -] (cover up [sth], cover [sth] up)

1. cover up lit:

cover up window, body, footprints

recouvrir (with avec)

cover up answers

cacher (with avec)

2. cover up fig:

cover up mistake, loss, crime, affair, truth

dissimuler

cover up emotion

cacher

cover up scandal

étouffer

Translations for cover-up in the French»English Dictionary

camouflage [kamuflaʒ] N m

1. camouflage MIL:

camouflage (dispositif)

camouflage

camouflage (action)

camouflaging uncountable

tenue de camouflage

camouflage fatigues pl

2. camouflage fig:

camouflage (dissimulation de la vérité)

concealing uncountable

camouflage (transformation des faits)

disguising uncountable (en as)

une opération de camouflage

a cover-up

escamotage [ɛskamɔtaʒ] N m

1. escamotage (par illusionniste):

il a réussi l'escamotage du lapin

he succeeded in making the rabbit disappear

2. escamotage:

escamotage (de roues)

retraction

escamotage (de meuble)

folding away

3. escamotage (dissimulation):

escamotage (de fait, preuve)

cover-up

escamotage (de personne)

spiriting away

4. escamotage (vol):

escamotage dated

pilfering

ruban [ʀybɑ̃] N m (gén)

ruban (de cheveux, paquet, décoration, d'ornementation)

ribbon

ruban (pour la couture)

binding tape

ruban (de cérémonie)

ribbon

ruban (de fleuve, route) fig

ribbon

(de machine à écrire) ruban (encreur)

typewriter ribbon

COMPUT ruban encreur

printer ribbon

ruban tricolore

tricolour ribbon

couper le ruban

to cut the ribbon

ruban d'acier

steel band ou strip

ruban adhésif

adhesive tape

ruban adhésif

sticky tape Brit

ruban bleu

blue ribbon

détenir le ruban bleu de qc

to be the world champion at sth

ruban de chapeau

hat band

ruban correcteur

cover-up tape

ruban effaceur

lift-off tape

ruban isolant

insulating tape

ruban magnétique

magnetic tape

ruban de Möbius

Möbius strip

ruban perforé COMPUT

(punched) paper tape

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mettre qc sous (une) housse

to cover sth up

se servir d'un cache pour apprendre une liste de vocabulaire

to cover up ou mask off the answers while learning a list of vocabulary

escamoter

to cover up [sth]

camoufler crime, défaut, erreur, vérité

to cover up

effacer neige: traces, pas

to cover (up)

cover-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cover-up in the English»French Dictionary

cover-up N

cover-up

couverture f

I.cover up VB trans

1. cover up (conceal):

cover up

dissimuler

2. cover up (protect):

cover up

recouvrir

to cover oneself up (warm)

s'emmitoufler

to keep sth covered up fig

garder qc au chaud

II.cover up VB intr

1. cover up (wear sth):

cover up

se couvrir

2. cover up (protect):

to cover up for sb

couvrir qn

Translations for cover-up in the French»English Dictionary

étouffement [etufmɑ̃] N m

1. étouffement sans pl (mort):

étouffement

suffocation

2. étouffement (gêne):

crise d'étouffement

attack of breathlessness

cette sensation d'étouffement

this feeling of suffocation

mourir d'étouffement/être mort par étouffement

to die/have died of suffocation

provoquer des étouffements

to bring on attacks of breathlessness

3. étouffement sans pl (répression):

étouffement d'une révolte

stifling

étouffement d'un scandale

cover-up

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mettre un cache sur qc

to cover up sth

couvrir qc couverture, toile

to cover sth up

couvrir visage

to cover up

couvre-toi, il fait froid!

cover up warmly, it's cold!

faire disparaître les traces

to cover up the traces

recouvrir un enfant

to cover up a child again

cover-up Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to cover up for sb

couvrir qn

to cover up a child again

recouvrir un enfant

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The investigating team suspects a cover-up is taking place, but the truth is much simpler and much more tragic.

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None of the newspapers presented evidence of a cover-up, but they questioned whether the conclusions were supported by the evidence.

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Newspapers of the time published a number of sensational reports and speculations of a cover-up.

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The cover-up operation has had a direct impact on the recovery and identification of the remains.

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Shepherd believes recent events to be a part of a massive government cover-up and has the evidence to prove it.

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However, the mandarin states his loyalty to the truth, and will not become involved in some shabby cover-up.

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In addition, several bishops who had participated in the cover-up were also forced to resign or retire.

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All resistance members would need to go in hiding at various cover-up apartments scattered around the city.

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Soon a miscarriage of justice starts to look like a state cover-up involving the intelligence community.

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As the trial proceeds, they uncover a massive cover-up perpetrated by one of the military's highest-ranking officials.

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