deniability
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7.7
- noun
- /dɪˈnaɪəˌbɪlɪti/
- For the first five years of its covert war, the CIA attempted to maintain plausible deniability.
- plausible deniability
- maintain plausible deniability
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Watch on YouTubeWars are fought with covert action and with plausible deniability.
- Wars are fought with covert action and with plausible deniability.
- So if something goes wrong, you have perfect deniability.
- Which is also a nice source of plausible deniability for people covering their ass for doing things that would be problematic and other purposes.
- It allows more culpable deniability for anybody.
- So we're working through a partner and it maintains plausible deniability and the partner.
- So they had really a sophisticated method of of deniability.
- It's it's it's a thing also called plausible deniability where the the companies hey man, we never tested.
- But there's layers of plausible deniability all the way up to, you know, ISIS, K who they could care less.
- But I think on some level the what happens is corporate America embraces that because it allows it gives them plausible deniability.
Examples
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And then you have plausible deniability.
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Plus, I'm sure Gary has maximum deniability.
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You realize this thing is set up for maximum deniability?
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" I'm going to need deniability on this."
Fiction book (2001) -
Off the books, that gives him plausible deniability for anything you did.
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We have plausible deniability, and if they try to turn us in...
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Two words, Mr. President: plausible deniability.
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In the end, Allyn agreed, but insisted on complete deniability.
Fiction book (1995) -
We have to maintain plausible deniability, keeping it from the stockholders, the government regulators, and most of the employees, too.
Fiction book (1995) -
The company's new policy allows employees to maintain deniability about their actions during the project.
Antonyms
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6.1
Being responsible for your actions and having to explain them to other people
How Deniable
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7.7
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deniability comes from the verb deny ('to say no') and the ending -ability ('can be done'), so it literally means the ability to 'say no'. That's why deniability refers to being able to deny involvement or responsibility to avoid blame.