CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event

Example:

there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

confederacy; conspiracy (a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)

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