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burked

/bɜːkt/

Traduction: Adjectif désuet signifiant réprimé, étouffé ou passé sous silence, souvent employé dans le contexte d'un scandale ou d'une enquête volontairement dissimulée.

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adjective

/bɜːkt/formalbritishobsolète
  • frAdjectif désuet signifiant réprimé, étouffé ou passé sous silence, souvent employé dans le contexte d'un scandale ou d'une enquête volontairement dissimulée.

An obsolete adjective meaning suppressed, hushed up, or stifled, often used in the context of a scandal or inquiry being deliberately concealed.

  1. Suppressed quietly or indirectlyC2formalbritish

    To have been prevented from being known, discussed, or published, often in a secretive or indirect manner.

    frSupprimé ou étouffé discrètement

    • The controversial report was burked by the committee to avoid public scandal.
    • Evidence of the accident was burked by the company's legal team.
    • The historian claimed that the true story had been burked for decades.

    Synonymesconcealedhushed-upsilencedsmotheredsquelchedstifledsuppressed

    Antonymesairedbroadcastdisclosedpublicizedpublished