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US
/kɫænˈdɛstɪn/
]
[ UK /klændˈɛstɪn/ ]
[ UK /klændˈɛstɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
clandestine intelligence operations
cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
secret sales of arms
a secret agent
an undercover investigation
hole-and-corner intrigue
surreptitious mobilization of troops
secret missions
underground resistance
How To Use clandestine In A Sentence
- The Tourist was impressive ... but this is even better, a dazzling, dizzyingly complex world of clandestine warfare that is complicated further by the affairs of the heart. The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer: Book summary
- The 50 trimmers at this clandestine grow site work 16-hour days for three weeks, hand-trimming top-grade marijuana destined for medical marijuana patients and dispensaries in San Francisco.
- We watched their clandestine purchasing and procurement network very carefully.
- The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church.
- In certain details every clandestine struggle is very much the same.
- Innocent decided in favour of the monks, but in the present case he pronounced both elections invalid; that of Reginald because it had been made uncanonically and clandestinely, that of John de Grey because it had occurred before the invalidity of the former was proclaimed by the pope. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- Indeed, it does appear to be the case that the clandestine nuclear weapons programme was initiated following that strike.
- clandestine intelligence operations
- The couple flirted openly in front of each other in the their Whitehall office but few people knew that they were engaged in a clandestine relationship. Times, Sunday Times
- She left a note claiming he had clandestine affairs with two women but cops found no evidence of that. The Sun