clandestine
Example Sentences
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China has previously denied that it is conducting clandestine low-yield nuclear tests.
All wanted in the United States, the men operate clandestinely.
From Barron's
The clandestine artisanal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have become an entrenched presence in the shantytowns that ring Johannesburg and its satellite settlements along the gold reef.
From Barron's
More recent departees often take clandestine overland routes into Colombia or Brazil or risked the dangerous journey across the Darien Gap into Central America on their way north.
From Los Angeles Times
At the end of Friday's episode, the traitors had been given the opportunity to unmask the secret traitor if they completed a clandestine task.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
