cloak-and-dagger

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cloak-and-dagger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]