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Common collocations with cover-up in American Collocation

cover-up noun countable

US

big

big
elaborate
major
massive

Campaigners suspect a massive government cover-up.

possible

alleged
attempted

The government was rocked by claims of an attempted cover-up.

official

government
governmental
high-level
official

The military denied that there had been any official cover-up of the incident.

accuse someone of a cover-up

accuse someone of
allege

The source telephoned a journalist alleging a high-level cover-up.

be involved in a cover-up

be engaged in
be involved in

It was clear that the government had been involved in the cover-up.

reveal a cover-up

expose

A documentary film-maker tried to expose the cover-up.

organize a cover-up

engineer
orchestrate
organize

Did the FBI orchestrate a cover-up?