Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers;
- Example: "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up"[syn: blue wall of silence, blue wall, wall of silence]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blue wall of silence
n 1: the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other
way to protect other police officers; "the blue wall
cracked when some officers refused to take part in the
cover-up" [syn: blue wall of silence, blue wall, wall
of silence]