cloak-and-dagger
Example Sentences
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Over at the cinema it's a bit cloak and dagger.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023
But it’s nothing cloak and dagger, it’s just the way it is.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023
“There’s a little bit of cloak and dagger secrecy,” he said.
From Reuters • May 31, 2023
“But here it does not have anything to do with that, as far as we know. This may not be the cloak and dagger type of espionage.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2022
"I've had no background for this cloak and dagger stuff."
From Combat by Reynolds, Mack
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