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Covert (Adjective)

Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels".

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The agency engaged in covert operations to destabilize the rival country's government.
Covert testing of the new spy software went unnoticed by the targeted corporations.
During the election campaign, several instances of covert advertising tactics came to light.
Investigative journalists often struggle to expose covert sources who may have credible evidence of a government conspiracy.
An economist described how multinational companies utilized covert lobbying practices to exert pressure on foreign policy decision-making processes.

(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert".

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A woman covert cannot enter into a contract without her husband's consent.
During the time she was a woman covert, her spouse controlled all her financial assets.
As a woman covert, she had no right to own property or appear in court independently.
In common law, a woman covert was considered the property of her spouse.
A judge ruled that as a woman covert, she was not liable for her husband's debts.