German-English translations for reinwaschen

• purge
  Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
• rehabilitate
• vindicate
  to vindicate someones honor
  to vindicate a right, claim or title
  to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
• whitewash
  Certainly, the collapse of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein cannot be used to whitewash the Americans and their allies. Sicherlich kann der Sturz des diktatorischen Regimes von Saddam Hussein die Amerikaner und ihre Verbündeten nicht reinwaschen.
  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

Related words

• hereinwälzen
• jemanden reinwaschen
• sich von einem Verdacht reinwaschen