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ocultación

concealment

noun oh-kool-tah-SYOHN Rare

Also means

hiding

Usage Note

Ocultación has a formal, legal register: ocultación de pruebas (concealment of evidence) and ocultación de ingresos (concealing income) are standard judicial phrases. The related verb is ocultar. In astronomy, ocultación is also the technical term for an occultation — when one celestial body passes in front of another.

Examples

"Le acusaron de ocultación de información."

Natural Translation

He was accused of concealing information.

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