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cloak and dagger
adjective as in melodramatic
adjective as in secret
Strongest matches
adjective as in cloak-and-dagger
adjective as in huggermugger
adjective as in clandestine
noun as in suspense
adjective as in full of secrecy
noun as in intrigue
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Example Sentences
But there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak.
Disney's key contact was the consummate cloak-and-dagger operator, William "Wild Bill" Donovan.
He went on to say that he was the intended target because of all his cloak-and-dagger work inside Iran.
Plame, the cloak-and-dagger CIA veteran, took a slightly different position.
You risked your life on cloak-and-dagger missions; let the shore-bound fancy dans do the drudgery.
It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces.
He climbed out, standing alongside the bed in his shorts, wondering at the Colonel's cloak-and-dagger approach.
"And Cardon's gone completely cloak-and-dagger-happy," she continued.
Joe said politely: “I heard there was cloak-and-dagger stuff going on.”
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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cloak-and-dagger, such as: clandestine, covert, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, intriguing, and mysterious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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