hiding evidence
Covering criminal tracks
Hiding evidence is concealing, destroying, or tampering with material relevant to a legal investigation or proceeding.
The phrase typically appears in criminal contexts where someone attempts to obstruct justice: He was charged with hiding evidence after police found he'd burned the bloody clothes.
The act itself is a crime, separate from whatever offense the evidence might have proved.
- concealingKeeping something secret
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- tamperingImproper interference with something
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
burying · coverup · cover your tracks · obstruction · erasing · deleting · wiping · burning · disposing · falsifying · traces · fingerprints · smoking gun · alibi · witness · incriminating · documents · bloodstains
hiding evidencediscovery
Act of finding something
bringing to light · whistleblowing · declassifying · leaking · publishing
hiding evidenceturning state's evidence
confessing · full disclosure · coming clean · testifying · self-reporting
hiding evidencetelling the truth
full disclosure · candor · honesty · transparency · owning up
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