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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
- Example: "clandestine intelligence operations"
- Example: "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
- Example: "hole-and-corner intrigue"
- Example: "secret missions"
- Example: "a secret agent"
- Example: "secret sales of arms"
- Example: "surreptitious mobilization of troops"
- Example: "an undercover investigation"
- Example: "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cloak-and-dagger
    adj 1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
           "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
           activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner
           intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret
           sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops";
           "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
           [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-
           corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret,
           surreptitious, undercover, underground]