covertadjective
uk/ˈkəʊ.vɜːt/us/ˈkoʊ.vɝːt/hidden or secret:
covert actions
The government was accused of covert military operations against the regime.
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Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- gatepost
- lid
- lip
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- secret
- skeleton
- sweep
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covertnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌv.ət/us/ˈkʌv.ɚt/a group of bushes and small trees growing close together in which animals can hide, especially from people or other animals hunting them
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Safe & enclosed spaces
- bolthole
- bunker
- bus shelter
- cover
- dry
- fallout shelter
- fastness
- foxhole
- hidey-hole
- hiding place
- island
- lair
- nook
- recess
- safe house
- sanctuary
- shelter
- sheltered accommodation
- sunblind
- women's refuge
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