Sub-rosa (Adjective)
Meaning
Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The sub-rosa deal between the two companies was kept hidden from the public eye until it was too late to stop.
- She claimed to have sub-rosa support from several high-ranking officials, but no one was willing to go on record.
- A sub-rosa investigation was launched after several employees reported suspicious activity.
- They made sub-rosa donations to the politician's campaign in the hopes of gaining favor.
- It was a sub-rosa operation, only a handful of people knew the real purpose of the secret meeting.