clandestine
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Clandestine action—the stuff of thrillers and Hollywood hits—has traditionally served a less colorful policy purpose, somewhere between diplomacy and war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
A part of it, £17,000 in suspected criminal assets were seized and a heavy goods vehicle detained at Holyhead Port in Wales over an unpaid Clandestine Entrants Civil Penalty worth £144,000.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
“Sylvia was someone special,” said Moti Kfir, who was serving as the commander of Mossad’s Clandestine Operations Academy at the time Ms. Rafael was recruited and trained there.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
There’s something appealing about a secret sign language being manufactured into cloth used for commerce in clothing or furnishings — an International Clandestine style.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2022
She was delivered of this Child in a Clandestine way, under the Name of Mistress Wright.
From The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century by Longueville, Thomas
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