Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Kept or done in secret, often to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. synonym: secret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Secret; private; hidden; furtive; withdrawn from public view: generally implying craft, deception, or evil design.
- Any secret marriage, but especially one contracted in defiance of the will of parents or guardians. Synonyms Latent, Covert, etc. See
secret .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Done or
kept insecret , sometimes toconceal anillicit or improper purpose. - adjective freemasonry Not recognized as a
regular member.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And they are the people in the agency that make things happen, as far as collecting intelligence and running what we call clandestine operations.
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Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and ... military | Comment | Recommend
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WASHINGTON (AP) Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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The line that separates openly official and covert/clandestine is not a bright one.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clandestine Military Operations 2010
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Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and ... military | Comment | Recommend
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Robert, rape exists throughout the world in clandestine ways.
There Are No Superior Or Inferior Cultures « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Robert, rape exists throughout the world in clandestine ways.
There Are No Superior Or Inferior Cultures « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Is it beyond the realm of possibility that Gordon Brown is indulging in clandestine class-warfare?
Is it class war? Not a sheep 2008
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Is it beyond the realm of possibility that Gordon Brown is indulging in clandestine class-warfare?
Archive 2008-12-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria.
Aiding Iran 2007
sionnach commented on the word clandestine
"The way that boy is being raised, he's gonna grow up to be a bigot", said Tom in a clandestine fashion.
October 30, 2007
dontcry commented on the word clandestine
A Scottish family's future
April 22, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word clandestine
"Certainly, the affairs of this sort of which I have been a spectator have always been, as far as their setting is concerned, of the most imprudent and least probable character, as if such revelations were to be the reward of an action full of risk, though in part clandestine."
--Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, revised by D.J. Enright, p 10 of the Modern Library paperback edition
January 22, 2009
myth commented on the word clandestine
This is one of Anthony Bourdain's favorite words. He uses it several times in his book "Kitchen confidential" as well as on his show "No reservations."
February 1, 2009
mkluver1 commented on the word clandestine
This word I read in Night World by L.J.Smith
October 1, 2010