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un·der·cov·er

(ŭn′dər-kŭv′ər)

adj.

1. Conducted in secret or through the use of subterfuge, as in a police investigation or in spying: an undercover investigation.

2. Engaged or employed in undercover activity: undercover FBI agents.

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undercover

(ˌʌndəˈkʌvə)

adj

done or acting in secret: undercover operations.

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un•der•cov•er

(ˌʌn dərˈkʌv ər, ˈʌn dərˌkʌv-)

adj.

1. clandestine or secret.

2. engaged in securing confidential information.

[1850–55]

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Adj.

undercover - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"

clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, underground, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger

covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

undercover

adjective secret, covert, clandestine, private, hidden, intelligence, underground, spy, concealed, confidential, hush-hush (informal), surreptitious an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers
open, plain, visible, manifest, overt, unconcealed

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undercover

adjective

Existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality:

clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, huggermugger, secret, sub rosa.

Informal: hush-hush.

Idiom: under wraps.

Translations

سِرّي

tajný

hemmelig

leynilegur, leyni-

agente segreto segreto

slaptasis

slepens

gizli

卧底的秘密的

undercover

[ˈʌndəˌkʌvəʳ]

A. ADJ [operation, activity] → clandestino; [agent] → secreto

B. ADV she was working undercover for the FBI → trabajaba como agente secreto para el FBI

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

undercover

[ˌʌndə^rˈkʌvə^r]

adj

[operation, investigation, work] → d'infiltration

[officer, police] → en civil
an undercover agent → un agent infiltré

adv [work] → comme agent infiltré
She was working undercover → Elle travaillait comme agent infiltré.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

undercover

[ˌʌndəˈkʌvəʳ] adj (agent) → segreto/a; (meeting) → clandestino/a

undercover

(ˈandəˈkavə) adjective

working or done in secret. He is an undercover agent for the Americans.

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