noun
- people who apply whitewash (a white liquid mixture) to walls, fences, or other surfaces
- people who attempt to conceal or gloss over wrongdoing, errors, or unpleasant facts
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- The whitewashers finished painting the barn fence by noon.
- Professional whitewashers use brushes and rollers to apply the coating evenly.
- The committee was accused of being whitewashers who ignored the corruption scandal.
- Critics called the investigators whitewashers for their superficial report.
- Local whitewashers charged reasonable rates for the spring cleaning project.
- The media criticized the whitewashers who tried to minimize the company’s environmental damage.