smokescreen (n.)

  1. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

    [ Syn: smoke screen ]

  2. an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures

    [ Syn: smoke screen ]

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