cloak-and-dagger

Example Sentences

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By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Mr. Corera is well-versed in the cloak-and-dagger world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

It involved allegations of financial impropriety at the top of the Vatican, cloak-and-dagger activity of the kind that has often characterised the secretive world of the Holy See.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

“It’s just pathetic that we’re in this stage where we’re having cloak-and-dagger conversations about deleted data,” Dr. Holmes said.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Now he put his cloak-and-dagger skills to work at the Three Lions, where a state-of-the-art security system and the hotel’s unique triangular shape allowed him to keep a constant eye on anyone approaching the building.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti