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covert
adjective as in clandestine, underhanded
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The Kulahu strike was part of a widening covert war being waged by Iran inside Pakistan.
The remote controlled flying craft has gone from covert military ops to a communal backyard hobby.
He and his followers have become really good at keeping their communications covert.
PARIS, France—What could be more cynical than a covert operation?
Syrian rebels have overtaken a joint Russian-Syrian secret facility that they claim was a covert intelligence collection base.
She saw a covert smile on his wrinkled face, while his wife pushed her former inquiry.
To-day they wore light covert coats over their canvas and rubber.
A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason.
Fetherston raised his eyes and shot a covert glance at her—a glance of distinct suspicion.
Their deeper recesses were given up to owls and bats, and nearer the entrance the prowling fox or jackal found a covert.
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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to covert, such as: hidden, surreptitious, undercover, private, privy, and secret.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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