- undercover adj
- A spy who often worked from his basement bed was underground and undercover.
English expressions. 2014.
undercover adj
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undercover — (adj.) 1854, sheltered, from UNDER (Cf. under) + COVER (Cf. cover) (n.). Sense of operating secretly attested from 1920 … Etymology dictionary
undercover — [adj] secret, spy clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, creep, furtive, hidden, hole and corner*, hush hush*, incognito*, intelligence, on the QT*, private, stealth, stealthy, sub rosa*, surreptitious, underground, underhand, underneath,… … New thesaurus
undercover — ☆ undercover [un΄dər kuv′ər ] adj. acting or carried out in secret [undercover work as a spy] … English World dictionary
undercover — adj. Undercover is used with these nouns: ↑agent, ↑detective, ↑mission, ↑officer, ↑operation, ↑police, ↑policeman, ↑reporter, ↑sting, ↑work … Collocations dictionary
undercover — adj. (usu. attrib.) 1 surreptitious. 2 engaged in spying, esp. by working with or among those to be observed (undercover agent) … Useful english dictionary
undercover — adj. clandestine, concealed, spying … English contemporary dictionary
undercover — adj secret, hidden, concealed, secluded, screened, masked, veiled, cloaked, shrouded, ensconced, under wraps, behind the curtain or closed doors, in the dark; private, nonpublic, hush hush, confidential, closed door, closet, Archaic. privy;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
undercover — adj.inv. et n.inv. (Policier) infiltré parmi le milieu … Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
underground adj — undercover adj … English expressions
undercover — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)kʌ̱və(r)[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police. ...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers. ...undercover FBI agents. ...undercover reporters. ADV … English dictionary
