When someone tries all deceitful ways to cover up any previous falsehoods, or to avoid looking
incompetent, inefficient, or untrustworthy in
the face of difficulties or
new ethical challenges.
An unhealthy number of senior math and science editorial staff in
Singapore, who are shortchanging dozens of authors and their publishers, have contracted the
lie tumor, as they selfishly take up
key positions that are beyond their abilities or capabilities.