How To Use Secrecy In A Sentence

Frankly, my only concern was that the resident copperhead (don't ask; I've been sworn to secrecy) got out alive.
But this volume considerably expands our understanding by widening the regional sphere of comparison and by taking on board issues of secrecy, cultural heritage and museology.
They operate through autonomous cells, strict secrecy, and a refusal to engage the enemy's strength.
Perhaps the second most concerning misclaim being floated about the DP World deal is that it was conducted in secrecy. Ross Chanin: The Dubai Deal and Those Things Not Said
By their very nature, underworld deals are negotiated and sealed in cloak-and-dagger secrecy.

Though he is sworn to secrecy, Larry, stricken with guilt over offending a friend, spills the beans.
Ambassadors used to have a scent of mystery, secrecy and even of romance about them.
Snyder justified the secrecy because Eisenhower, since 1945, had suffered from “recurrent attacks of lower abdominal pain and distention.” Eisenhower 1956
Despite revelations of wrongdoing in high places during recent years, Ireland remains a society obsessed with secrecy.
The story of secrecy, scientific ethics and national security is macabre, grisly and disturbing.
A certain Goodsir Canty's cornhouse stood near them in a clump of trees beside the road, and as the door was open they crept in, gulped down great "chunks" of cake, distributed vast slices of what was left about their persons, Obed taking by far the lion's share, and then they parted, vowing eternal secrecy. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
The secrecy that surrounds the operation may sound excessive, but it is a result of bitter experience. Times, Sunday Times
Their staging agreements are cloaked in secrecy and the rest of us have had a raw deal. Times, Sunday Times
He accomplished this task by treachery, secrecy, speed and dishonesty.
I can understand her wish for secrecy.
A government cloaked and soaked in secrecy swiftly becomes rotten and corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
Bulimia nervosa can be difficult to identify because of extreme secrecy about binge eating and purgative behaviour.
Partly that's because the secrecy of a passphrase known only to one person and never written down is vastly superior to the secrecy of a passphrase that has been written down and stored in more than one place. Discourse.net: Someone Could Make Money on This
Her secrecy was one of the things that most excited him, being alone with his poupe provoked a tantalizing sense of collusion, rare for Linus, who had little time for others. The Forgotten Garden
On his second day in office, President Obama repudiated George W. Bushs obsessive and destructive secrecy by ordering his government to obey the Freedom of Information Act. He said it should not withhold documents because they are embarrassing, or reveal failures and errors, or because of speculative or abstract fears. OpEdNews - Quicklink: NYT OP ED: Did They Miss the Memo?
This is a fine example of Orwellian newspeak, suggesting that openness can best be achieved by secrecy and non-disclosure.
Such matters are shrouded in secrecy and the cloak of confidentiality. Times, Sunday Times
Where years ago, online daters had very few choices and joined dating sites in secrecy, now the average online dater is a member of two sites. Julie Spira: The Business of Love
The drugs squad operates in the greatest secrecy.
In due time and with all possible secrecy, they visited the region where this great mine was said to be emboweled in the earth. Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet
Secrecy was a keyword in their job, and Byron knew his partner assumed, from the terse explanation, that something unforeseen had happened.
But those nations have lost favor among depositors in recent years as they have eased bank secrecy laws in response to international pressure.
She was bursting to announce the news but was sworn to secrecy.
Gone are the days when financial services providers could thumb their noses at everyone and provide complete secrecy.
She argued there were no secrecy provisions in the islands' jurisdiction that prevent information being obtained by the tax information authority which assists in international tax matters Luxembourg is accused by the TJN of being the "death star" superweapon in the world of tax havens because of its aggressive defence of financial secrecy and its resistance to EU efforts to close tax loopholes. Tax havens: G20 has failed to crack down, says campaign group
De Waal charts the secrecy and alchemy surrounding the race for porcelain: the great riches and low cunning that enveloped the mystery. Times, Sunday Times
This restriction is not law, there is no regulation maintaining secrecy of the discussions in the room.
Henrik Jansson reviews Swedish author Pia Hintze's new novel Älskling in Hbl, and although he has some reservations about what he calls the occasional "chattiness" of the style, he points to Hintze's ability to uncover and portray the reality of relationships and new parenthood in a way that's unusual, as it tears away the layers of social convention and secrecy that still surround many of the issues involved. Archive 2009-07-01
It is this system which has been responsible for the secrecy during the budget process and which itself costs more to administer than the lamented and traditional British committee system.
There has been strong criticism of the secrecy surrounding the negotiations.
Justice can not prevail under a veil of secrecy or behind doors that do not open.
She labored under the arduous burden of trying to achieve clarity at a time when the government places an understandably high premium on secrecy.
The pseudonyms gave the sisters an aura of mystery and secrecy, so much so that some readers believed that all three were one person or that they were males.
There has been strong criticism of the secrecy surrounding the negotiations.
Consider the secrecy of this mystical religion.
Some pastors insist on secrecy in their distribution of discretionary account funds. Christianity Today
Under strict secrecy, they flew to the Persian Gulf to witness the reflagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers with U.S. flags.
If the cloak of secrecy is ever lifted from this dirty affair, there are some obvious questions.
The cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the conclave that they will abide by all rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations.
Indeed, this apophthegm he seldom repeated since his marriage, except in the company of a very few intimates, to whose secrecy and discretion he could trust. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Secrecy arguably magnifies the damage from any incident. Cybercrime Comes to the IMF
And next, the courser-man, in secrecy, unscrewed one of the bullion buttons on his buff jerkin, and taking from it a scrap of paper, handed this also to the watchful feodary. Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times,
Few such blemishes, given the secrecy of organizational practice, came to light.
He told Derrick the same thing he had said to Trist: He must treat his assignment with absolute secrecy, lest the entire enterprise die aborning. A Country of Vast Designs
Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities.
Identification of the voter is simple and the secrecy of the ballot is preserved.
Mr Braley has been made aware of the need for absolute secrecy.
Its recent past is shrouded in secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
It goes without saying that I can expect your complete confidence and secrecy in keeping this matter under wraps prefatory to completion.
God the Great, Thou knowest the things by secrecy ensealed and their outwards revealed and their inwards concealed! Arabian nights. English
They took an oath to preserve the secrecy of everything to do with the election.
The adepts wore white wrappers and wreaths of dwale, which in Lambanein meant secrecy. Wildfire
Luxembourg has bowed to international pressure to drop the veil of secrecy surrounding its banks. Times, Sunday Times
And that secrecy keeps injustices from public view. Times, Sunday Times
Norrell's love of secrecy and Strange's attraction to the wilder edges of magic invoke dark and sinister happenings.
A hundred other unseen locks and keys, oaths of secrecy, and cryptonyms stood in my way.
Along with dangerous health struggles, Luna finds herself contending with the legacy of shame and secrecy that surround issues of sexuality in the Latino community.
He did testify about the cloak of secrecy regarding the health of justices, but not about his own condition.
Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.
Haynes gives Frank little interior life and casts him into the darkness, trapped in a life of secrecy.
The objects on view at the Frick are props for a pretend world where the elite shed their public roles, to enact playful psychodramas in eroticized secrecy. At the Frick, Dreams of Ottoman Treasures
Bank secrecy was born; even law enforcement on the track of thieves could not pierce it.
Current grand jury secrecy rules apply only to jurors, prosecutors and courtroom staff.
Young folk were on the outlook for some time previous, and great secrecy was kept regarding the whereabouts of a good fresh bunch of nettles. Scottish Voices 1745-1960
It is non-conspirational, structuralist and yet shrouded in secrecy at the same time as declaring its protocols are Kantian in their actuality. 18 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq
The naval officer did receive a posthumous George Cross for the operation, but due to secrecy he could not receive the United Kingdom's highest award for gallantry.
There is, of course, secrecy over these general congregations.
Refer to the section on 'handling secrecy sensitively'.
D darkness of calamity dash of eccentricity dawning of recognition day of reckoning daylight of faith decay of authority declaration of indifference deeds of prowess defects of temper degree of hostility delicacy of thought delirium of wonder depth of despair dereliction of duty derogation of character despoiled of riches destitute of power desultoriness of detail [desultoriness = haphazard; random] device of secrecy devoid of merit devoutness of faith dexterity of phrase diapason of motives [diapason = full, rich, harmonious sound] dictates of conscience difference of opinion difficult of attainment dignity of thought dilapidations of time diminution of brutality disabilities of age display of prowess distinctness of vision distortion of symmetry diversity of aspect divinity of tradition domain of imagination drama of action dream of vengeance drop of comfort ductility of expression dull of comprehension duplicities of might dust of defeat Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Per
It is the kind of thing you're sworn to secrecy over.
The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.
The move comes after legal changes relaxing Portuguese secrecy laws. Times, Sunday Times
The usual "chevy" was going on there, with more spirit than usual, perhaps, because the darkness allowed of practical jokes and surprises, and offered great facilities for paying off old grudges with secrecy and despatch, and as the Doctor had come to the door of the greenhouse, and was looking on, the players exerted themselves still more, till the Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers
Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.
The government has been urged to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the minister's unexpected resignation.
The plan was made in secrecy.
Under the arch of her eyebrows, her wide brown eyes glowed with their vague hint of secrecy, their quiet incandescence.
They seem to have got some grim kick out out of their cunning, duplicity, guile and secrecy.
In the field of drug development, the culture of secrecy is deep and strong.
It was an offence to table such documents for verification as such reports were all stamped ‘strictly confidential’ and as a result some people took advantage of the veil of secrecy to divert or simply misapply resources.
The organization has managed to maintain secrecy about its activities.
The secrecy was airtight.
And it's all going on largely unchallenged behind the sacred veil of secrecy that covers the family courts system. The Sun
Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy.
And after three years of secrecy and exasperation, I found that to complete it was impossible, impossible. Certain First Principles
The dialectic of display and secrecy essential to Mouride visuality is what gives Serigne Faye's imagorium such tangible impact.
Despite the protests, the secrecy of proceedings and the bitter collapse of talks on the last day, progress was made.
The alternative is silence: secrecy when self-imposed, censorship when imposed by others.
This enforced secrecy is a pity, because Lalonde might have some useful advice to offer his cousin.
Our afternoons together were shrouded in secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
What damages unit cohesion is the enforced secrecy, if anything. The Volokh Conspiracy » Relative Risks of HIV Infection Among Gay and Bisexual Males
By opening up the doors it will help us to hold ministers to account, and make it more difficult for them to hide behind the cloak of secrecy.
The full extent of those earlier debacles could be cloaked in secrecy.
None of this explains the cloak of secrecy the FBI has thrown over the whole affair.
Along with many exotic artifacts, Feng has imported the codes and language of courtly love, with its cult of indirection, of secrecy, and of long, slow, wooing.
Silence and secrecy surround the murder.
Perhaps because the research is being carried out ‘in upmost secrecy’.
For the man for whom these lavish arrangements had been made had spent his life behind an almost impenetrable shroud of secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
This means that the bidder will lose some control over the secrecy arrangements and may face a premature announcement by the target.
And truly, the lack of coverage by the world's most powerful media outlets and the fact that all guests are sworn to secrecy gives the whole conference a preternatural aura.
You get on with your job, just as you always have, sheltered from politics by many layers of secrecy and officialdom. Times, Sunday Times
Secrecy and strong interrogatory techniques (what you improperly call “torture” in a polemic way – like there was a comparison with those techniques and what we call in France the “supplices” applied before Revolution) are needed for strategic interest, to save lives. Matthew Yglesias » Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism
She pierces through Loomis 'obsessive secrecy and illuminates his role in assuring the Allied victory. Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant: Book summary
But certain sections of society risk forcing trainers and jockeys back into the world of secrecy. The Sun
Let us not forget that it was the NYT who mocked Robert Goddard into seclusion and secrecy by offering their wisdom that the premise of a rocket working in a vacuum with nothing to react against was absurd, and thus Goddard "seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily to high school students. New York Times Weighs In on Bolden - NASA Watch
Until radicals grasped the need to conduct their affairs in absolute secrecy, their chances of conspiring effectively were remote.
It is symbolic of the way that this glamorous Italian has ridden out the storm of controversy, calumny and secrecy surrounding the building, designed by her late husband.
Such matters are shrouded in secrecy and the cloak of confidentiality. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps, when you've heard me out, you'll appreciate the reason for secrecy.
The firm's obsessive focus on secrecy helps keep any misdeeds under wraps, say the sources.
I'D be the first to support a campaign to change the law on secrecy for the rich and famous. The Sun
Secrecy is crucial to this police operation.
From next month secrecy will no longer be the default mode. Times, Sunday Times
The still-surviving custom of clientship made the object of largesses difficult to establish, and the secrecy of the ballot, which had been introduced for elections in 139, made it impossible to prove that the suspicious gift had been effective and thus to construct A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
The expansion of citizen participation is greatly threatened today by government secrecy, industrial monopolies, and a closed media.
I have urged upon him the need for extreme secrecy.
Until radicals grasped the need to conduct their affairs in absolute secrecy, their chances of conspiring effectively were remote.
‘The tradition of secrecy that exists there is conducive to the confessional aspect of singing and writing songs,’ he says.
About a third of these partnerships are registered in the Cayman Islands or other secrecy havens, which may make it impossible to unravel the worst corporate collapse in American history.
The discussions were subject to strict secrecy and had the character of a conspiracy.
This is partly because of the increasing recognition of the undemocratic and corrosive effects of secrecy.
His school practised secrecy and communalism making it hard to distinguish between the work of Pythagoras and that of his followers.
The building was opened amid great secrecy last year. Times, Sunday Times
For two hundred and fifty thousand I will own the stamp, protect my investment, and purchase this man's sworn secrecy. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
So, paradoxically, secrecy increases fairness in the equity sense because people can more easily be rewarded for the full range of their outputs. Times, Sunday Times
Again, a culture of secrecy develops, one that is carried over into the larger clerical culture.
Highlighting the van Eyck brothers' role in a landmark concord between rival schools, Cornelius buries all reference to artisanal secrecy.
Can a government impose the secrecy that intelligence requires and still legitimately claim to be a democracy?
Did the two hatch the plot together, in secrecy, with the over eager Heffernan ready to cop the worst of it should their plan go belly up?
He is also pledged to get rid of the secrecy that seems to bedevil things going on at the Town Hall.
Technology vastly increases children's capacity for secrecy and their vulnerability to exploitation.
It's also incredibly insensitive that he offers you unsolicited counselling - he should have the grace to maintain the pretence of secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
Delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention maintained strict secrecy during the proceedings.
By breaking the rule of absolute secrecy, he became a marked man.
But we are unlikely to learn why disaster struck this supposedly unsinkable submarine. ‘The secrecy regime will be observed in full,’ said a spokesman for the Northern Fleet.
They wanted an end to secrecy and the covering up of blunders, there was to be no dissimulation in producing policies, no more pretence that all was well when it clearly was not.
Both lawsuits challenge the constitutionality of holding immigration hearings in secrecy.
Secrecy was a necessary ingredient of Rufus's life.
Excessive secrecy cripples everyone's ability to act by hiding government mistakes and corruption.
As Jude worried through the logistics of releasing the dead-zone coordinates to the mechs without revealing them to BioMax—though the whole beauty of the location was its inhospitableness to orgs, making secrecy a bonus rather than a necessity—I watched the door, half expecting Zo to burst through with a last word. Wired
Also, I recently learned a great little life hack to get good tickets at the National, but I'm sworn to secrecy.
Direct investment may be preferred to the granting of a license for a foreign company to produce a product if secrecy is important. International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business.
We shook on it nonetheless, and promised each other to absolute secrecy.
As an additional means of secrecy, the messages may be transmitted invisibly, by moistening the paper with diluted muriatic acid alone, the writing being rendered legible by a solution of prussiate of potass. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
Not only is secrecy important in order to comply with the Code, but it is commercially desirable.
And it's all going on largely unchallenged behind the sacred veil of secrecy that covers the family courts system. The Sun
During the latter part of the term his conduct had not been by any means "unexceptionable"; but it was part of Gabrielle's queer policy of secrecy to hide any lapse on Arthur's part from her husband. The Tragic Bride
In the end, in court, the side of their lives described as cloaked in secrecy and deception mostly won out over parenthood, with two defendants denied bail. NYT > Home Page
President Bush has even succeeded in emasculating the post-Watergate reform that was supposed to help curb Nixonian secrecy, the Presidential Records Act of 1978.
As a result, secrecy had come down like a candlesnuffer. Ensign Flandry
The speaker can create an air of secrecy and profundity, even though what they are saying is simple.
While pacifying those who worry about liberty with a footling commission, composed largely of lawyers from left and right, who cancel each other out, Clarke proposes a vast extension of secrecy in the civil courts and inquests, which will suppress evidence of corruption and negligence in high places, as well as reduce access to justice and the public's right to know. Ken Clarke is ready to betray 800 years of British justice | Henry Porter
Secrecy also reduces spillovers in the reverse direction.
The preference of government, however, is for continued secrecy over its biggest schemes - what it calls 'mission-critical' projects. Times, Sunday Times
De Waal charts the secrecy and alchemy surrounding the race for porcelain: the great riches and low cunning that enveloped the mystery. Times, Sunday Times
There are many jurisdictions with banking secrecy and much lower standards than we have. Times, Sunday Times
In the field of drug development, the culture of secrecy is deep and strong.
The ingredients are fear, pejorative statements, secrecy, lies, a bought press and economic uncertainty.
Wolf Larsen it was, always Wolf Larsen, enslaver and tormentor of men, a male Circe and these his swine, suffering brutes that grovelled before him and revolted only in drunkenness and in secrecy. Chapter 26
For all the speculation about the evil that goes on in these organizations, all of which pledge their members to secrecy, I can assure you nothing nefarious occurs.
Besides, the veil of secrecy that once surrounded medical treatments is rapidly disappearing. PLACEBO: The Belief Effect
A tradition of banking secrecy, which protected clients from tax collectors, is giving way to an era of more transparency.
Scenting liberal _backshish_, he promised absolute secrecy for the affair, coupled with soothing assurances of private vengeance upon the surviving miscreants. The Lighted Match
Watson deserves credit for lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding Brenda's death.
His sister had been bound to secrecy.
I wish I could tell you more but I am sworn to secrecy.
The subject is surrounded in mystery, superstition, secrecy, and most interesting of all, real magic!
No, surely he would swear her to secrecy - if he really did agree in the end to Miguel's request.
I must stress the need for absolute secrecy about the project.
The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
Its recent past is shrouded in secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
She is sworn to secrecy about which major character dies.
John for his part was not backward, but gave himself the most wonderful airs of secrecy and importance, till half the parish began to think that the affairs of the nation were in his hand, and he scorned the sight of a dungfork. Lorna Doone
Nothing will wash away the tarnish of sleaze and secrecy that council has fashioned for itself.
De Waal charts the secrecy and alchemy surrounding the race for porcelain: the great riches and low cunning that enveloped the mystery. Times, Sunday Times
Any attempt to impose some sort of external watchdog that might apply a degree of accountability is rejected as compromising its secrecy.
Prime ministers have been mostly puppets, elderly time-servers who give a higher priority to loyalty, secrecy and consensus than to principle, debate and leadership.
To maintain secrecy, the return ballot paper envelope had a detachable flap on which the voter filled in their details.
The expansion of citizen participation is greatly threatened today by government secrecy, industrial monopolies, and a closed media.
His arrival was shrouded in darkness and secrecy.
The use of his full name negated any attempt at secrecy in the clandestine middle-of-the-night meet. Vigilance
Hundreds of crew members, technicians and film laboratory workers were sworn to secrecy.
The public industry norm information can have a powerful effect on organisations that opt for secrecy or privacy. Times, Sunday Times
The Commons meeting was held in great secrecy. Times, Sunday Times
His use of obscure jargon underscored the urgent need for secrecy and discretion.
At last she began to catechise me on the subject of secrecy, to which The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Justices, who operate in secret, and who are unaccountable to anyone so long as they do not commit an impeachable offense, have never struck me as good judges of matters relating to secrecy.
Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.
Okay, I'll tell you, but you are severely sworn to secrecy.
The sale was transacted in conditions of the greatest secrecy.
I am very conscious of the need for secrecy.
As a result of the eclipse, the consequences of secrecy are far more difficult than the results of honest and open communication.
She thought the genesis of the secrecy culture, the Official Secrets Act, should be repealed, and regretted the failure of the bill to do that.

How To Use Secrecy In A Sentence

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