under-the-table
- blind drunk adj.
- drunk adj.
- looped adj.
- pickled adj.
- plastered adj.
- potted adj.
- sloshed adj.
- soused adj.
- stewed adj.
- stinko adj.
- under the influence adj.
- zonked adj.
- behind-the-scenes adj.
- covert adj.
- furtive adj.
- hush-hush adj.
- illegal adj.
- outlawed adj.
- secret adj.
- surreptitious adj.
- unauthorized adj.
- secretly adv.
- under the counter adv.
Example Sentences
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North Korea’s pre-Covid economy had increasingly centered on black markets selling goods smuggled from China or under-the-table local goods—and with it the rise of a “donju” merchant class who made their wealth outside state control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Its lawyers coined the term “student-athlete” in the 1950s, but since under-the-table payments still existed it was offered with a cynical wink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Pilot’s former CEO also extended the offer of under-the-table payments to at least 10 other executives in April, according to Berkshire’s filing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
The revelations caused a huge scandal and inspired mammoth state probes into the scale of under-the-table lobbying in Irish politics.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
They were not more than four or five inches thick, but that is the ideal height for an under-the-table cushion.
From The House in Good Taste by Elsie de Wolfe