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covertly
adverb as in clandestine, underhandedly
Example Sentences
Later, the U.S. government didn’t stop a military coup in Brazil, helped dissidents assassinate the leader of the Dominican Republic and covertly supported the insurgent contras in Nicaragua, leading to the Iran-Contra scandal.
The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023, but some conservatives have said they suspect schools are using proxies like applicant essays to covertly boost diversity.
Lawyers for the claimants successfully argued that new evidence had come to light, and they did not know how information was being covertly acquired at the time.
Inevitably, it became clear that to get a true picture of the culture inside the station, Rory would have to spend time covertly recording conversations outside it - in pubs where officers regularly socialised with colleagues.
The following year Ms Wilson, who was a politics student and champion athlete at the university, released audio on X of a conversation with McFarlane she covertly captured after the attacks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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