plausible deniability
Politics (originally and chiefly US )
noun
(The possibility of) denying a fact (especially a discreditable action) without arousing suspicion; the method of achieving this.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Washington Post.
- tintype
- tinware
- tin whistle
- tiny
- -tion
- tip
- tip-and-run
- tipcat
- tipi
- tipicity
- tip-in
- tip-off
- tip one's hand
- tip one's hat (or cap)
- tip (or drop or turn) the bucket on
- tip (or turn) the scales
- tip (or turn) the scales at
- tip (or turn) the scales (or balance)
- Tippecanoe River
- tipper
- Tipperary
- tipper truck
- tippet
- Tippett, Sir Michael
- Tippex