concealing
v.hiding something or someone so they cannot be seen or found. You use this when you want to keep a secret or cover something up.
v.preventing something from being seen or known; hiding or secreting an object, person, or piece of information.
“He is concealing a small gift behind his back.”
“The thick fog was concealing the mountain peaks from the hikers below.”
“The defendant was accused of concealing vital evidence that could have changed the outcome of the trial, leading to a secondary investigation into obstruction of justice.”
Present participle of 'conceal'; functions as a transitive verb requiring a direct object.
Conceal is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'from' before its object.
“The section to do with concealing your identity , external came into force in June.”
From conceal + -ing.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.