fig leaf

Others call the dictionary a fig leaf for the interpretive excesses of jurists bent on reading the law to suit a political agenda.

By that point it would be too late for an international force, which would be little more than a fig leaf for Hamas’s power.

Since the special session agenda was unveiled, Democrats have been calling the letter a fig leaf that provides political cover for the partisan motivation behind the redistricting effort.

Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures are nothing more than a fig leaf for pay offs from foreign nationals.

Even as a fig leaf, it is surprisingly persuasive: who could argue against “efficiency,” that core value of free-market capitalism?