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Noun: blue wall of silence
  1. The secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
    "the blue wall of silence cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up";
    - blue wall, wall of silence

Derived forms: blue walls of silence

Type of: cover-up

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