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brownwashing

noun

Etymology

From brown + -wash + -ing.

  1. inherited from *bʰerH-✻
  2. inherited from *brūnaz✻
  3. inherited from *brūn✻
  4. inherited from brūn
  5. inherited from broun
  6. suffixed as brownwashing — “brown + wash + ing”

Definitions

  1. The practice of rebranding to cover up criminal behavior.

  2. present participle and gerund of brownwash

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA