clandestine

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clandestine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clandestine \Clan*des"tine\, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam
     secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.]
     Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually
     for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand;
     as, a clandestine marriage. --Locke.
  
     Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly;
          stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. --
          Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

clandestine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clandestine
      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]

clandestine - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CLANDESTINE. That which is done in secret and contrary to law. 
       2.Generally a clandestine act in case of the limitation of actions will 
  prevent the act from running. A clandestine marriage is one which has been 
  contracted without the form which the law has prescribed for this important 
  contract. Alis. Princ. 543 
  
  

clandestine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "clandestine":
     back-door, backstairs, covert, feline, furtive, hidlings,
     hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, privy, quiet, shifty, skulking,
     slinking, slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
     underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive