1. Coated with whitewash
   "miles of whitewashed fences"
    
2. [informal] Deliberately concealed or glossed over (problems, scandals, etc.)
   "The report was criticized as a whitewashed version of events"

1. Cover with whitewash
   "whitewash walls"
    
2. Cover up a misdemeanour, fault, or error
   "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin";
   - gloss over, hush up
    
3. Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
   "The committee whitewashed the scandal"
    
4. [informal] Win decisively against an opponent who fails to score
   "The team whitewashed their rivals 5-0"

See also: gloss, painted

Type of: acquit, assoil [archaic], clear, cover, cover up, exculpate [formal], exonerate, wash

Encyclopedia: Whitewashed