Search Result for "wall of silence":
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):

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]