smoke-filled roomnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsməʊk.fɪld ˈruːm//ˌsməʊk.fɪld ˈrʊm/us/ˌsmoʊk.fɪld ˈruːm//ˌsmoʊk.fɪld ˈrʊm/a place where powerful people, such as politicians, meet to have discussions and make agreements in secret:
The whole business stinks of political corruption and decisions made in smoke-filled rooms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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