code words
Example Sentences
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To coordinate events in real time, the team used code words and hand signals.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
"My role were to make sure that the fugitives who turned up were in fact fugitives," he said, explaining that the agents had code words for the level of criminals.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
Like them, he senses the vulnerabilities of others as prey, using code words and ideas to lure them into believing him to be safe and on their side.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023
Activists in the networks use code words, aliases, encrypted messages, burner phones.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023
But Anatole came home excited about the general strike and spoke of it quietly through dinner, careful as always to use code words and false names.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
