cloak-and-dagger
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By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The cloak-and-dagger operation might seem excessive, but there are a few billion reasons for the paranoia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
It’s a pale substitute for the delicious tension inherent to deadly cloak-and-dagger exploits.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025
It involved allegations of financial impropriety at the top of the Vatican, cloak-and-dagger activity of the kind that has often characterised the secretive world of the Holy See.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023
Manning was confused by the cloak-and-dagger directions, but couldn’t pass up a chance to get Ellsberg on Cronkite’s show.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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