English-Swedish translations for smokescreen

• rökridå en
  Denna rökridå verkar komma från Danmark.This smokescreen appears to have come from Denmark.
  Fördraget får inte utnyttjas som en rökridå för våra egna misslyckanden.The Treaty should not be used as a smokescreen for our own failings.
  Europeiska livsmedelsmyndigheten får inte bli en rökridå inför allmänheten.The European Food Safety Authority must not be a smokescreen for public opinion.

Definition of smokescreen

• Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle
• Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract

Examples

• All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say

Related words

• Smoke
• smoke
• smokestack
• smoker
• smokeless
• smoke-free
• non-smoker
• smokers
• smoked