whitewash

this is not to whitewash the actual political practice of the government.

They tried hard to whitewash themselves.

the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings.

a blatant attempt to whitewash his country's misdeeds.Flagrant,

What he said was just to whitewash his actions.

the oak beams that divided up the whitewashed walls.

whitewashed chicken coops which posed as villas.

his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation.

whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve