Definition of "cover-ups" [cover-ups]

• Plural form of cover-up. (noun)

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• "Admitted incidents of sexual abuse of children by priests and long-term cover-ups by Catholic hierarchy rocked parishes from coast to coast."
• "The state-ordered investigation into cover-ups by the Dublin Archdiocese revealed that church officials had shielded scores of priests from criminal investigation over several decades and did not report any crimes to the police until the mid-1990s."
• "Far from being an isolated incident, these firsthand accounts of intentional deception and cover-ups are endless."