concealed; concealing; conceals
1
: to prevent disclosure or recognition of
conceal the truth
She could barely conceal her anger.
2
: to place out of sight
concealed himself behind the door
The defendant is accused of attempting to conceal evidence.
Examples of conceal in a Sentence
The sunglasses conceal her eyes.
The controls are concealed behind a panel.
The defendant is accused of attempting to conceal evidence.
The editorial accused the government of concealing the truth.
She could barely conceal her anger.
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She’s convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by concealing undeclared foreign accounts, filing false tax returns and evading taxes over a decade, according to a plea agreement with the Justice Department.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Dark Empaths can grasp the subtleties of human behavior and use that insight to conceal their shortcomings behind a brash level of confidence.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In July 2024, a judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin with prejudice after the actor's lead attorney, Alex Spiro, argued that prosecutors had concealed evidence of ammunition that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The indictment further alleges that Greer concealed these personal payments in the company’s business records, and in many cases directed to payments to be recorded as business expenses to reduce the company’s income.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Dark Empaths can grasp the subtleties of human behavior and use that insight to conceal their shortcomings behind a brash level of confidence.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In July 2024, a judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin with prejudice after the actor's lead attorney, Alex Spiro, argued that prosecutors had concealed evidence of ammunition that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The indictment further alleges that Greer concealed these personal payments in the company’s business records, and in many cases directed to payments to be recorded as business expenses to reduce the company’s income.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Conceal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceal. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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conceal
verb
con·ceal
kən-ˈsē(ə)l 
1
: to keep secret
conceal a fact
2
: to hide from sight
carry a concealed weapon
concealer
noun
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