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brownwashes

brownwashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brownwash.

Meaning of brownwash

Verb

brownwash (third-person singular simple present brownwashes, present participle brownwashing, simple past and past participle brownwashed)

  1. (rare) To rebrand, cover up or divert attention from amoral, illicit or criminal activities by establishing partnerships or connections with legitimate, value-based organizations e.g. NGOs.
    • Company X are brownwashing when they say they are partners with child rights NGO Y, yet employ child labor in their factories in Country Z.

Questions about brownwashes

What is brownwashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brownwashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brownwash.

Words near brownwashes in the dictionary

  1. Brownville Junction
  2. brownware
  3. brownwares
  4. brownwash
  5. brownwashed
  6. brownwashes
  7. brownwashing
  8. Brownwood
  9. brownwort
  10. brownworts
  11. browny

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