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concealment

/kənˈsiːlmənt/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The deliberate suppression of a fact that one is under a duty to disclose.

The insurer avoided the policy on the ground of concealment of the applicant's medical history.

Similar: suppression, non-disclosure

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Business noun

The deliberate hiding of a transaction, asset, or wrongdoing from those entitled to know of it.

Concealment of the side letters kept the true terms of the deal off the auditors' radar.

Similar: cover-up

Topic: Accounting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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