surreptitious
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Surreptitious dealings with a high-stakes Vegas gambler could imperil Jeff Shell’s role in Paramount Skydance as it looks to merge with Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Surreptitious recording is something Mr. Dean knows all too well: Mr. Nixon taped 37 of their conversations in the White House.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017
Surreptitious search of the Chief's room had shown nothing but the one locked drawer.
From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Surreptitious, sur-rep-tish′us, adj. done by stealth or fraud.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Let me propose your name for membership in the Imperial Order of Abnormal Proboscidians, of which I am the High Noble Toby and Surreptitious Treasurer.
From Fantastic Fables by Bierce, Ambrose
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