In a sentence
Six example sentences with cloak, each labelled with its topic.
The reorganisation was a cloak for cuts, and every department lost staff under a friendlier new name.
Politics
The malware traveled under a cloak of ordinary update traffic, so the firewall waved it straight through.
Technology
Thick fog acts as a cloak over the estuary, and the survey team cannot count a single bird until noon.
Environment
The shell companies were a cloak for the true owner, and it took auditors three years to trace the money.
Finance
The court ruled that privilege cannot serve as a cloak for hiding documents that were never legal advice at all.
Law
The trade mission was a cloak for mapping the coast, and the charts went straight to the admiralty on return.
History
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Found in these word lists
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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