Clandestine (Adjective)
Meaning
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The government was accused of conducting clandestine surveillance on its citizens without their knowledge or consent.
- The company's clandestine dealings with the rival firm were exposed in a shocking scandal that rocked the industry.
- The activist group was forced to operate clandestine operations in order to avoid detection by the authorities.
- The detective went undercover to gather evidence of the clandestine activities of the organized crime syndicate.
- The whistleblower revealed that the corporation had been engaging in clandestine dumping of toxic waste in the nearby river.