1. Coated with whitewash
   "miles of whitewashed fences"

1. Cover up a misdemeanour, fault, or error
   "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
   - gloss over, sleek over, hush up 
2. Cover with whitewash
   "whitewash walls" 
3. Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

See also: painted

Type of: acquit, assoil, clear, cover, cover up, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, wash

Encyclopedia: Whitewash

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