Meaning of cover story

cov'er sto"ry

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a magazine article highlighted by an illustration on the cover.
  2. a fabricated story used to conceal a true purpose; alibi: No one believed the cover story released to the press.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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