whitewash\ smth

whitewash\ smth
v informal
To explain a major, national scandal in soothing official terms so as to assure the public that things are under control and there is no need to panic.

Many people in the United States believe that President Kennedy's assassination was whitewashed by the Warren Commission.

See: whitewash

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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