cloak-and-dagger
[ klohk-uh n-dag-er ]
Synonyms for cloak-and-dagger
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Joe said politely: “I heard there was cloak-and-dagger stuff going on.”
You risked your life on cloak-and-dagger missions; let the shore-bound fancy dans do the drudgery.
It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces.
He climbed out, standing alongside the bed in his shorts, wondering at the Colonel's cloak-and-dagger approach.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR CLOAK-AND-DAGGER
clandestine
adjectivesecret, slyhuggermugger
adjectivesecretmelodramatic
adjectiveextravagant in speech, behaviorsecret
adjectivehidden, unrevealedRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.