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[ adjective ] conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Examples "clandestine intelligence operations" "cloak-and-dagger activities" "secret missions" "surreptitious mobilization of troops" "an undercover investigation" "underground resistance" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level . Related terms |
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