Thesaurus / covertly
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Do it in an obvious wayDon’t try to record covertly or hide away your camera, experts say.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILM POLICE. HERE’S HOW TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY — AND SAFELY.GEOFFREY FOWLERAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEqually impressive, the Bailey bridge could be rolled across a gap from one side to the other, making it possible to build covertly or with little access to the other side.
THE BRIDGE DESIGN THAT HELPED WIN WORLD WAR IIPHIL EDWARDSMARCH 12, 2021VOXHarassing a pregnant Republican House member so often that she covertly changed desks.
NORTH DAKOTA’S HOUSE EXPELLED A MEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME. WOMEN ACCUSED HIM OF ‘DISTURBING’ HARASSMENT.ANDREA SALCEDO, TIM ELFRINKMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHarrison said that the officers had body-worn cameras but that because they were in covert capacity, it is not known whether the cameras were on them or turned on during the exchange of gunfire.
BALTIMORE POLICE FATALLY SHOT PERSON WHO FIRED AT OFFICERS, COMMISSIONER SAYSEMILY DAVIESNOVEMBER 9, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAdobe said it has found a way to help news outlets build trust by enabling their readers to check whether news photos are deepfakes, or images covertly manipulated by artificial intelligence.
HOW ADOBE PLANS TO FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF DEEPFAKESJONATHANVANIAN2015OCTOBER 20, 2020FORTUNEHe half-turned, once in a while, to cast a covertly-admiring glance at the young officers seated at their rear.
UNCLE SAM'S BOYS AS LIEUTENANTSH. IRVING HANCOCKOnce June saw him covertly looking at his watch and she put both hands to her throat—stifled.
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINEJOHN FOX, JR.Finkenstein and Kalkstein were always covertly rather of the Queen's party, and now stand reprimanded, and in marked disfavor.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEHaving joined forces, all three of the plotters had advanced covertly upon Matt and Chub.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSKoyala covertly studied the resident's profile, so boyish, yet so masterfully stern, as he gazed into the forest depths.
THE ARGUS PHEASANTJOHN CHARLES BEECHAMWORDS RELATED TO COVERTLY
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- clandestinely
- confidentially
- covertly
- furtively
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- insidiously
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- personally
- privately
- privily
- quietly
- slyly
- stealthily
- sub rosa
- surreptitiously
- under the table
- underhandedly
- unobserved
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