surreptitious
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The move comes as Shell faces scrutiny after his Paramount bosses hired a law firm to investigate his surreptitious dealings with Cipriani, a self-styled “fixer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Just before 7 a.m., a Benin intelligence operative took surreptitious video of five rebel armored vehicles and four pickups leaving QRF headquarters, hazard lights flashing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
A surreptitious change of bank details does not bode well for your mother’s estate planning.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
In a written statement, she claimed "The Mail's Unlawful Acts against me involve landline tapping my phones and recording my live telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics on my home windows."
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Beholden to paying clients, they were widely seen as surreptitious figures who burglarized people’s secrets.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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