clandestine
Example Sentences
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He helps nations rise and fall, but he’s very clandestine.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. leader made no mention of ongoing Mexican enforcement efforts that have seen large-scale seizures of illicit drugs, destruction of clandestine laboratories, and the arrests of scores of cartel operatives.
From Los Angeles Times
From her position on the city council, Franco worked to prevent the expansion of clandestine housing developments in poor neighborhoods, one of the militias' biggest sources of income.
From Barron's
Family members of disappeared people have unearthed hundreds of clandestine graves as they look for their loved ones.
From Barron's
The U.S. has accused China of conducting a clandestine low-yield nuclear test at that time.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
