English-French translations for whitewash

blanchir
"Verdir" ses résultats sociaux et environnementaux est aussi répréhensible que de blanchir ses bénéfices. "Greenwashing" your social and environmental performance is as bad as "whitewashing" profits. La même position improductive est maintenue dans le rapport, qui essaie de blanchir la politique communautaire. The same unproductive stance is maintained in the report, which tries to whitewash Community policy. En tout état de cause, l'effondrement de la dictature de Saddam Hussein ne peut être récupéré aux fins de blanchir les Américains et leurs alliés. Certainly, the collapse of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein cannot be used to whitewash the Americans and their allies.
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A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white
A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep
Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair
A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence
To cover over errors or bad actions
To repay the financial debts of (another person
To prevent a team from scoring any runs
To make over so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation

The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood
In his sermon, the minister didnt try to whitewash over the sins of his church

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