covert action
–noun
| a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation. |
Also called covert operation.
[Origin: 1975–80
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Covert operation
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| covert operation | |
noun | |
| an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor |
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