conspiracy of silence

conspiracy of silence
noun
a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event
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there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality

• Hypernyms: ↑conspiracy, ↑confederacy

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: a secret agreement to keep silent about an occurrence, situation, or subject especially to promote or protect selfish interests

local manufacturers were accused of a conspiracy of silence on the child-labor situation

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a usually secret or unstated agreement to remain silent among those who know something whose disclosure might be damaging, harmful, or against their own best interest or that of their associates.
[1860-65]

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conspiracy of silence
An agreement, esp between a group of people, not to talk about a particular matter in order to prevent others from obtaining information
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Main Entry: ↑conspire

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conspiracy of silence UK US noun [countable] [singular conspiracy of silence plural conˌspiracies of ˈsilence]
an agreement between people to keep secret facts that should be publicly known
Thesaurus: secrets and secretivenesssynonym

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conspiracy of silence,
a conspiring to keep something wrong, damaging, or unlawful from being divulged: »

There has been a conspiracy of silence over one aspect of the Cyprus crisis (Manchester Guardian).

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noun [singular]
: a secret agreement made between two or more people to not talk about something

There seems to be a conspiracy of silence as far as his resignation is concerned.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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