Extended Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

01050356-n 'the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers';

English

blue wall of silence , blue wall , wall of silence

Definitions

English: 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
Japanese: 他の警官を保護するために、嘘をつくまたは見てみぬふりをする警官の秘密
― 一部の役員が隠蔽に参加することを拒否したとき、警察の壁が押し入った

Relations

Hypernym:	cover-up
Semantic Field:	act_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.994; Future: 0.002)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.25 -0.25)