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Synonyms for cloak-and-dagger in English

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cloak-and-dagger:
- secret; underground; clandestine; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; surreptitious; undercover; cloak-and-dagger

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Detailed Synonyms for cloak-and-dagger in English

cloak-and-dagger:

cloak-and-dagger adj

cloak-and-dagger

– conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods ¹
secret; underground; clandestine; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; surreptitious; undercover; cloak-and-dagger
– conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods ¹
- secret adj
  - secret missions¹
  - a secret agent¹
  - secret sales of arms¹
- underground adj
  - underground resistance¹
- clandestine adj
  - clandestine intelligence operations¹
- hole-and-corner adj
  - hole-and-corner intrigue¹
- hugger-mugger adj
- hush-hush adj
- surreptitious adj
  - surreptitious mobilization of troops¹
- undercover adj
  - an undercover investigation¹
- cloak-and-dagger adj
  - cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines¹

Alternate Synonyms for "cloak-and-dagger":

clandestine; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover; underground; covert

Related Definitions for "cloak-and-dagger":

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods¹
- cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines¹

Related Synonyms for cloak-and-dagger

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