whitewash

IPA: wˈaɪtwɑʃ

A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
(sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
(politics) A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements; (everyday life) pretense.
(cooking) The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste.
(obsolete) Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A glass of sherry as a finale, after drinking port and claret.

To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
(figurative) To cover over errors or bad actions.
(dated, transitive) To repay the financial debts of (another person).
(baseball, slang, dated, late, 19th century, archaic) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
(US, UK, slang) In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.
(derogatory) To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by discounting the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.

Examples of "whitewash" in Sentences

While it's still police investigating police, and a whitewash is possible, this is clearly a positive development.
I wish to protest against the careless use of the word whitewash which has crept into our latter-day demotic tongue.
The beds are made from polyethylene, nylon and steel, and are available in whitewash (shown) or java with a leatherette pad.
This effort is too sloppy really to merit the term whitewash: the sceptical graffiti are still clearly visible through the transparent white coating.
A: Many old wood barns and other buildings were whitewashed years ago, but whitewash is seldom used today because there are better, more convenient alternatives.
The advantages of whitewash is that it kills all the molds/germs/when it is applied, but it takes many years of application until it builds up a nice thick hide.
This attempted whitewash is another blow to the relationship between police and public which is essential for the only effective form of policing; “policing by consent.”
BLAIR and that wretch CAMP HELL has blood on their hands, not to forget Dr. Kelly being hounded to his grave which is also suspicious. is this what they call a whitewash a total waste of money, there remit should be find out who lied and prosecute they have cost lives