Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of getting in a stealthy or surreptitious manner, or by craft.
  • noun A coming unperceived; a stealthy entry or approach.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
  • noun A coming unperceived or suddenly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
  • noun An unperceived or sudden arrival.

Etymologies

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Latin surreptio, or subreptio. Compare subreption.

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