surreptitious
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A surreptitious airport catering truck secretly shuttled Trump to a waiting military plane, which flew him out instead.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
According to Smith, Flores’ defense is that, as a police officer, he had the authority to make surreptitious recordings as part of an investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
And then he remembers his surreptitious identity for the evening: “I’m a freshman at Amherst.”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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