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Definitions for undercover
ˌʌn dərˈkʌv ər, ˈʌn dərˌkʌv-un·der·cov·er
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Princeton's WordNet
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective
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"
Wiktionary
undercovernoun
A person who works undercover.
undercoveradjective
Performed or happening in secret.
undercoveradjective
Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of undercover in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of undercover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of undercover in a Sentence
If Seehofer goes, he needs to warn the Russians that they need to stop the hybrid falsification of information and the undercover financing of radical right-wing networks.
Had the Carabiniere that evening followed basic police protocols for doing an undercover operation, Cerciello Rega would be alive today.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:
We have captured some U.S. citizens in undercover activities, espionage, trying to win over people in towns along the Venezuelan coast.
Jack BarskyRead MoreJack Barsky:
Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America.
The Department of Health could rat them out by pretending to be a customer, but I have yet to see The Department of Health launch a single undercover investigation, the government prefers to keep its eyes half closed for fear of hurting Hong Kong's medical lab industry, which is big business.
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- heimlichGerman
- μυστικός, αφανής, κρυφός, μυστικός πράκτοραςGreek
- inkognitaEsperanto
- encubiertoSpanish
- vakoilu, salainenFinnish
- secret, agent secret, clandestinFrench
- अस्तरवालाHindi
- clandestinoItalian
- 覆面Japanese
- undercoverLatin
- under dekkeNorwegian
- tajnyPolish
- disfarçadoPortuguese
- hemligSwedish
- gizliTurkish
- אַנדערקאַווערYiddish
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