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clandestine

[klan-des-tin]

adjective

  1. characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious.

    Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.

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clandestine

/ æˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. secret and concealed, often for illicit reasons; furtive

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • clandestinely adverb
  • clandestineness noun
  • clandestinity noun
  • unclandestinely adverb
  • ˈپԱ adverb
  • ˈپԱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clandestine1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin ԻīԳܲ, from clamde, clande (unrecorded) (variant of clam “secretly” + -de, adverb particle) + -īԳܲ (probably after ԳٱīԳܲ “iԳٱԲ”; intestine )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clandestine1

C16: from Latin ԻīԳܲ, from clam secretly; related to Latin to hide
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The searchers have become key actors in civil society, seeking out clandestine graves and putting pressure on the government to find the missing.

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Trump has cited fentanyl deaths as a reason for tariffs against China, a source of chemical ingredients used in clandestine labs, and suggested drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels.

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Any investigation into Nina could expose her clandestine activities and ruin her career — not to mention her ability to help more women, either to bring life into this world or terminate it.

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To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.

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He reunited the Alarm in 2000 and hit the U.K. charts in 2004 when, in a clandestine stunt, he wrote and recorded a single as a fictional teenage punk band, the Poppy Fields.

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