official secretnoun [ C ]
uk/əˌfɪʃ.əl ˈsiː.krət/us/əˌfɪʃ.əl ˈsiː.krət/UKa piece of information that is known only by the government and its employees:
She was accused of leaking (= telling) official secrets to the newspapers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- secret
- skeleton
- sweep
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