in secret

Example Sentences

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The days when dictators could live in gilded exile with fortunes in secret Swiss bank accounts are mostly over, primarily because of global mechanisms for adjudicating human-rights abuses and tracking ill-gotten gains.

From The Wall Street Journal

There have been tears — in the car, in secret, when the girls aren’t there.

From Seattle Times

But the district attorney’s office has made no public statements on the timing of any possible indictments, continuing its work in secret over the last two weeks.

From Seattle Times

These violations included failing to disclose nearly $100 million in secret offshore accounts belonging to a single family of American taxpayers, which it said represented an "ongoing and potentially criminal conspiracy".

From Reuters

Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday pointed to a possible criminal conspiracy tied to nearly $100 million in secret offshore accounts belonging to one family of American taxpayers that the bank didn’t disclose.

From Seattle Times