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Whitewash Cover Gloss Faults Wrongdoings Government Accused Scandal

Phrase/Idiom whitewash something
Definition If you whitewash something, you cover up or gloss over faults or wrongdoings.
Example The government was accused of trying to whitewash the scandal over stolen funds.

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