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un·der·cov·er
/
ˌʌn
dərˈkʌv
ər, ˈʌn
dərˌkʌv-
/
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[
uhn-der-
kuhv
-er,
uhn
-der-kuhv-
]
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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
Synonyms
1.
concealed, covert, clandestine, hidden.
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undercover
(ˌʌndəˈkʌvə)
—
adj
done or acting in secret:
undercover operations
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
undercover
1854, sheltered," from
under
+
cover
. Sense of "operating secretly" attested from 1920.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But if you were a secret agent working
undercover
, you would be extra careful
too.
Undercover
agents arrest a suspected rooster fighter while in possession of
contraband birds.
Foreign journalists are followed around by
undercover
agents: their e-mails are
monitored and their phones tapped.
Undercover
officers pose as construction workers to gather evidence of rooster
fighting.
But an
undercover
federal agent had ordered some orchids from him, a few of which arrived without the correct papers.
As in any criminal conspiracy, it takes years of
undercover
work to get inside.
He was once filmed rejecting a bribe from an
undercover
agent, but appearing willing to discuss it later.
The
undercover
aspect of the show creates much of the plot interest and tension.
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