blue wall of silence

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blue wall of silence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]