clandestine
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clan·des·tine
(klăn-dĕs'tĭn) 
adj.
Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. See synonyms at secret.
clandestineness clan·des'tine·ness or clan'des·tin'i·ty n.
adj.
Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. See synonyms at secret.
[Latin clandestīnus, probably blend of *clam-de, secretly (from clam) and intestīnus, internal; see intestine.]
clandestinely clan·des'tine·ly adv.clandestineness clan·des'tine·ness or clan'des·tin'i·ty n.
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clandestine
adjective
- Existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality: cloak-and-dagger, covert, huggermugger, secret, sub rosa, undercover. Informal hush-hush. Idioms: under wraps. See show/hide.
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clandestine
adj
Definition: secret, sly
Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful
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clandestine
[klænܒdestǝn; -ܖtīn; -ܖtēn; ܒklændǝs-]
clandestinely adv.
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IN BRIEF: Done in secret.
Secret agents have to work in a very clandestine manner.
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categories related to 'clandestine'
- Secrecy and Concealment - clandestine: (adj) done in secret; surreptitious
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Clandestine may refer to:
- Secrecy, the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals
- ClanDestine, a Marvel Comics series by Alan Davis
- Clandestine (novel), a 1983 novel by James Ellroy
- Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity
- La Clandestine Absinthe, an absinthe distilled in Switzerland
Music
- Clandestine Industries (Fashion), a merchandise line by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy
- Clandestine (album), a 1991 album by Entombed
- Clandestine (band), a Celtic music band from Texas, U.S.
- Clandestine, a short film included with the DVD edition of the album Sing the Sorrow by AFI
See also
- All pages beginning with "Clandestine"
- Clandestine workers, a term for some illegal immigrants
- Clandestinity (canon law), an impediment to marriage in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church
- Clandestino, an album by Manu Chao
- Clandestino is also the name of the evil antagonist of the children's series The Bluffers.
- Clandestiny, a 1996 video-based puzzle computer game
- National Clandestine Service, the main U.S. intelligence agency for coordinating human intelligence services
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Clandestine
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hemmelig
Nederlands (Dutch)
clandestien
Français (French)
adj. - clandestin
Deutsch (German)
adj. - heimlich
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κρυφός, μυστικός, λαθραίος, αφανής
Italiano (Italian)
clandestino
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - clandestino
Español (Spanish)
adj. - clandestino
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hemlig, smyg-
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
秘密的, 暗中的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 秘密的, 暗中的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 内密の, 秘密の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) سري, خفي, مخفي, مستتر
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