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undercover - 3 dictionary results

un⋅der⋅cov⋅er

[uhn-der-kuhv-er, uhn-der-kuhv-]
–adjective
1. working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.
2. engaged in spying or securing confidential information: an undercover agent.

Origin:
1850–55; under- + cover


1. concealed, covert, clandestine, hidden.
un·der·cov·er   (ŭn'dər-kŭv'ər)   
adj.  
  1. Performed or occurring in secret: an undercover investigation.
  2. Engaged or employed in spying or secret investigation: undercover FBI agents.

undercover 
1854, sheltered," from under + cover. Sense of "operating secretly" attested from 1920.
Language Translation for : undercover
Spanish: secreto, clandestino,
German: Geheim-…,
Japanese: 秘密の
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