Editing Cover-up (section)

== Definitions and related terms ==
While the terms are often used loosely, ''cover-up'' involves withholding incriminatory evidence, while ''[[Whitewash (censorship)|whitewash]]'' involves releasing misleadingly [[exculpatory evidence]], and a ''[[frameup]]'' involves falsely blaming an innocent person.  [[Misprision]] is the failure of [[Mandated reporter|mandated reporters]] to disclose crimes they are aware of (e.g., a military officer failing to proactively report evidence of [[treason]], or a hospital failing to report [[child abuse]]).

A cover-up involving multiple parties is a type of [[conspiracy]].

''Snowjob'' is an American and [[Canadians|Canadian]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Define snow job at dictionary.com |dictionary=dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/snow+job |access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> colloquialism for deception or a cover-up; for example, [[Helen Gahagan Douglas]] described the [[Nixon Administration]] as "the greatest snow job in history".<ref>{{cite news |author=Herbert Mitgang |date=25 May 1992 |title=Books of The Times; Nixon's Enemy in 1950 Had the Last Laugh in '74 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFDD153FF936A15756C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |access-date=16 April 2008 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>