limited hangout

Definition

A strategic information leak where you confess to something juicy but relatively minor to distract people from the full scandal. Think of it as throwing investigators a bone so they stop digging for the entire skeleton. Popularized during Watergate, this tactic is the political equivalent of admitting you ate one cookie when you actually demolished the whole jar.

Example Usage

The CEO's admission of minor accounting errors was just a limited hangout to keep auditors from discovering the offshore accounts.

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