thinly disguised
thinly veiled

They're nothing more than yet another report on the arts, thinly disguised as something else.

The real issue, as I see it, is again a thinly disguised fear of a strong woman.

When you write a novel, even thinly disguised, people know what you're doing.

I'm given to believe he was warning you in a thinly disguised manner.

It includes references to his former school which is thinly disguised.

No, he's just asking a thinly disguised question about budget cuts.

But to those in the know, it was nothing short of a thinly disguised racing machine.

The whole series was a thinly disguised commentary on the drug wars.

Thinly disguised anti-Semitism and racism are also significant issues here.

The play seems like a fraternity house party sketch, thinly disguised.

"Some of those thinly disguised thugs who hang around there?"

It was viewed as a thinly disguised way to kill the legislation.

They say the restrictions amount to thinly disguised moral screening.

And there are people who feel that the new activity is but a thinly disguised Armageddon.

The first four films, made before 1985, are thinly disguised religious proselytizing.

Most of the content is taken from her diaries, polished and thinly disguised.

I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.

This was in reality an income tax very thinly disguised, and restricted to corporations.

Sullivan's article is a thinly disguised attack on pluralism and true diversity.

The election campaign has included some thinly disguised appeals to racial prejudice.

To me, this was not "consulting" but a thinly disguised management buyout.

In a way the book is a roman a clef, with real Washington figures thinly disguised.

On other occasions the author intrudes in a thinly disguised manner.

But the hunter's log cabin was only a thinly disguised baby carriage.

She sometimes insulted people by publishing thinly disguised character sketches of them.

The purpose behind this kind of service is thinly veiled.

We both knew I was taking a thinly veiled pot shot at her husband.

It was a thinly veiled attack on the present regime.

The play is a thinly veiled cry for political reform.

I was expecting a thinly veiled threat or two, at least.

This is nothing more than a thinly veiled stealth tax.

First novels in particular are often no more than thinly veiled personal histories.

The lyrics are very thinly veiled in her contempt for the situation.

Inevitably, it will be seen as a thinly veiled metaphor for the couple's relationship.

This is a thinly veiled attack on the policy.

Some clubs are little more than thinly veiled plugs for these services.

Her wake up call was a thinly veiled ploy, I decided.

He saw through the thinly veiled statement immediately, and so did Quincy.

The thinly veiled message to young black men was that they were considered not customers but criminals.

But their frustration with him today was thinly veiled.

We can only shudder at the thinly veiled meaning of that term.

The thinly veiled threat was not lost on the slaver.

Any person could hear the words between the words, the thinly veiled threat.

Palmer then pitches a movie idea: a thinly veiled story of his own recent life.

This book is perceived to be a thinly veiled story of male homosexuality.

Perhaps a thinly veiled reference to his financial situation?

He respected her for handling the thinly veiled criticism so well.

Yet in fact it is a thinly veiled satire of the Soviet regime itself.

There was a thinly veiled threat in our interview.

But the new campaign seems like a thinly veiled attempt to find a simple, cheap solution to a complex problem.