clandestine

Example Sentences

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The registry is set to gather information from a number of databases covering mass and clandestine graves, arrests, torture crimes, criminal records, fingerprints and genetics, the FGR said in Mexico's official gazette.

From Reuters

Among Beijing's alleged tactics are threats of harm, online harassment and clandestine operations on foreign soil to hunt pro-democracy activists.

From Reuters

Or, perhaps, was Mr. Burns’ association with Epstein a reason for placing him atop the most powerful clandestine operation in America?

From Washington Times

U.S. officials counter that the vast majority of illegal fentanyl in the United States is produced clandestinely in Mexico from precursor chemicals imported from China.

From Los Angeles Times

Donnelly though, wrote that the evidence “utterly failed to establish” that Bertram engaged in any “secret, sly, or clandestine conduct,” which must be proven to convict someone of burglary.

From Washington Times