clandestine
Example Sentences
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On Dec. 15, the EU sanctioned two rival oil traders it accused of playing a major role in the clandestine Russian energy market.
Bush apparently decided at some unspecified point that the intelligence agencies needed a “watcher” and thus established The Orphanage: analysts downstairs, “mission control” upstairs, the equivalent of an internal-affairs bureau for the clandestine services.
Officials have said that Lopez helped trick Zambada into boarding the plane, having led him to believe he was travelling to northern Mexico to look at prospective properties for clandestine airstrips.
From BBC
A CIA summary would call this “the most productive classic clandestine operation ever conducted by CIA and MI6 against the Soviet target.”
From Literature
Even in normal times, the national park's dizzying heights and picturesque remote valleys are irresistible to enthusiasts, who make clandestine jumps at dawn or dusk.
From Barron's
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