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WALL OF SILENCE

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• WALL OF SILENCE (noun)
The noun WALL OF SILENCE has 1 sense:

1. the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers

Familiarity information: WALL OF SILENCE used as a noun is very rare.

• WALL OF SILENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blue wall; blue wall of silence; wall of silence

Context example:

the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up

Hypernyms ("wall of silence" is a kind of...):

cover-up (concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public)

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