Definition of clandestine Clandestine
/klændɛˈstɪn/ - [klandestin] - clan•des•tine
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| clandestine - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" | ||
| cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground | ||
| covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- clandestine (a.)
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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clandestine
Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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clandestine
klan-des′tin, adj. concealed or hidden: private: sly.—adv. Clandes′tinely. [L. clandestinus—clam, secretly.]
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