CLANDESTINE
\klandˈɛstɪn], \klandˈɛstɪn], \k_l_a_n_d_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_n]\
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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"
By Princeton University
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Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
By Oddity Software
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Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
By Noah Webster.
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Clandestinely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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