clandestine
characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
Origin of clandestine
1Other words for clandestine
Other words from clandestine
- clan·des·tine·ly, adverb
- clan·des·tine·ness, clan·des·tin·i·ty, noun
- un·clan·des·tine·ly, adverb
Words Nearby clandestine
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How to use clandestine in a sentence
Never mind the huge buildup of clandestine operatives and secret warriors since 9/11.
ISIS Fight Has a Spy Shortage, Intel Chair Says | Kimberly Dozier | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTUndeterred by the snub in November, and denied a visa to Italy, Agca made plans for clandestine travel to Vatican City.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople there remember rather fondly the clandestine airdrops by the CIA during the 1980s.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Such a clandestine and pathological way of drinking increases the chances of becoming an alcoholic exponentially,” says Alireza.
Above them hang portraits of the original clandestine laborers.
Sexual immorality is, by its very nature, a clandestine vice.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.The actual case from which this fiction story was borrowed involved a man, a wife, and the wife's clandestine violinist lover.
Is not this consideration of itself sufficient to decide me against undertaking any clandestine correspondence?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoThe Queen saw that her help would really be wanted, and war, even clandestine war, required a great deal of money.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellIf there occurred the least clandestine proceeding, it was only when the danger was not felt—when not the least risk appeared.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
British Dictionary definitions for clandestine
/ (klænˈdɛstɪn) /
secret and concealed, often for illicit reasons; furtive
Origin of clandestine
1Derived forms of clandestine
- clandestinely, adverb
- clandestineness, noun
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