camouflaged

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using or wearing camouflage (= plants, paints, or clothes used to hide soldiers and equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them):

He was surrounded by camouflaged soldiers.

The buildings are carefully camouflaged under trees or dug into the sides of rocky hills.

difficult to see because of being hidden by or having the same colours or shapes as the natural environment:

The river is close by, though well camouflaged by trees lining its banks.

The males are brightly coloured to attract the duller coloured and camouflaged females.

partly changed in a way that is intended to hide the truth about something:

The character in the novel is carefully camouflaged, but is a portrait of his wife nonetheless.

He failed to differentiate between truth and camouflaged lies.