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[ klohk-uhn-dag-er ] / ˈkloʊk ənˈdæg ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cloak-and-dagger ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to, characteristic of, or dealing in espionage or intrigue, especially of a romantic or dramatic kind. Origin of cloak-and-daggerFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby cloak-and-daggercloaca, cloacal membrane, cloacal plate, cloacitis, cloak, cloak-and-dagger, cloak-and-suiter, cloak-and-sword, cloak fern, cloakroom, cloam Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cloak-and-daggerBut there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak. When the Son of Hamas Spied for Israel|Nina Strochlic|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST He went on to say that he was the intended target because of all his cloak-and-dagger work inside Iran. Georgetown Socialite Viola Drath Killed by Assassin, Husband Claims|Sandra McElwaine|November 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST Plame, the cloak-and-dagger CIA veteran, took a slightly different position. Bush's Biggest Critics Gun for Obama|Lloyd Grove|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces. This Freedom|A. S. M. Hutchinson
He climbed out, standing alongside the bed in his shorts, wondering at the Colonel's cloak-and-dagger approach. First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton You risked your life on cloak-and-dagger missions; let the shore-bound fancy dans do the drudgery. The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth Joe said politely: “I heard there was cloak-and-dagger stuff going on.” Space Platform|Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for cloak-and-dagger
noun(modifier) characteristic of or concerned with intrigue and espionage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cloak-and-daggerclandestine, covert, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-mugger |