cloak-and-daggeradjective
uk/ˌkləʊk.ənˈdæɡ.ər/us/ˌkloʊk.ənˈdæɡ.ɚ/used to describe an exciting story involving secrets and mystery, often about spies, or something that makes you think of this:
I'm tired of all these cloak-and-dagger (= secretive) meetings - let's discuss the issues openly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- collude
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
See more results »