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Lacquer as a metaphor is rare, but not unknown. Often found as a part of a phrasal verb - 'lacquer over', to conceal or hide beneath a respectable-looking outer layer.

We found that the strategies themselves reveal underlying cultural and religious differences that should not be lacquered over. From the Cambridge English Corpus.

Lacquered (examples) Cambridge Dictionary

A lie wrapped in a fabrication, lacquered over with a falsehood

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Leadership is arrogant, sexist and bullying. Show the least sign of concern or empathy for a customer and you will be crushed. It's churn and burn, the people that succeed and rise to the top are ego maniacs who don't care in the slightest about anyone but themselves. The worst thing is, this is all lacquered over with the most cringe making 'appreciation events' that mean nothing. You could be at one in April, and fired in May. Really abusive place that promotes based on totally unintelligible criteria, hasn't got a clue about leadership and is ritually abusive.

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