cloak-and-dagger
Example Sentences
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Mr. Corera is well-versed in the cloak-and-dagger world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
It’s a pale substitute for the delicious tension inherent to deadly cloak-and-dagger exploits.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
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 not cloak-and-dagger stuff,” he told the newspaper in 1985.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
We played a cloak-and-dagger game, passing notes in books and such.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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