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shroud

2 verb
     
shroud2 [transitive usually in passive] literary
1 to cover or hide something:
Joseph was shrouded under a dark blanket.
be shrouded in something
The cliff was shrouded in mist.
2 to keep information secret so that people do not know what really happened
be shrouded in something
The incident has always been shrouded in mystery.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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