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escamoteaba
-I was palming
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escamotear

Dicho informe reconocía la responsabilidad de las autoridades –responsabilidad que yaera innegable sin el informe– pero escamoteaba las pruebas contra los dirigentes implicados.
He recognized the responsibility of the authorities, too flagrant to be denied, but sidestepped the evidence incriminating the leaders at the top.
Con estupor hemos visto cómo se escamoteaba la entrega de la ayuda que de tantos países llegó para nuestro pueblo.
We have watched with amazement the delivery of aid for our people from so many countries.
Al principio apenas se les nombraba, o se le escamoteaba su condición de cubanos; luego se les ha mencionado, se ha recordado su origen, pero apenas se ha hablado de ellos y su pasado en la isla.
In the beginning they were barely mentioned, or their being Cuban was left out; after this they have been mentioned, their origin has been recalled, but there has barely been talk about them and their past on the island.
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