covert, adj.
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
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sample sentences
"covert actions by the CIA""covert funding for the rebels"
semantic pointers
also see
similar to
backstair, backstairs, furtive
black
secret, clandestine, undercover, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, underground
secret
collusive, conniving
disguised, cloaked, masked
secret
sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes
subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior
under wraps
undisclosed, unrevealed
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
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