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cloak-and-dagger definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1860 dealing in or suggestive of melodramatic intrigue and action usually involving secret agents and espionage <a cloak-and-dagger novel> • cloak-and-dagger noun

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also cloak and dagger A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy. She was released from prison in a cloak and dagger operation yesterday... ADJ: usu ADJ n