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undercover
(redirected from Cover (intelligence))

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un·der·cov·er  (ndr-kvr)
adj.
1. Performed or occurring in secret: an undercover investigation.
2. Engaged or employed in spying or secret investigation: undercover FBI agents.

undercover [ˌʌndəˈkʌvə]
adj
done or acting in secret undercover operations
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.undercover - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methodsundercover - 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"
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
Translations
undercover [ˈʌndəˌkʌvəʳ]
A. ADJ [operation, activity] → clandestino; [agent] → secreto
B. ADV she was working undercover for the FBItrabajaba como agente secreto para el FBI

undercover [ˌʌndərˈkʌvər]
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.

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

undercover
adj undercover [ˈandəˈkavə]
working or done in secret He is an undercover agent for the Americans. geheim سِرّي таен tajný hemmelig Geheim-... μυστικός, που δουλεύει με κρυμμένη ταυτότητα secreto, clandestino salajane مخفی salainen clandestin חֲשָאִי गुप्त, खुफिया prikriven, tajni titkos leynilegur, leyni- segreto 秘密の 비밀의 slaptas(is) slepens pengintipan geheim hemmelig (agent), skjult tajny secreto sub acoperire тайный tajný tajen tajni hemlig อย่างลับ ๆ gizli (yapılan/çalışan) 臥底的 таємний, секретний پردہ کے اندر giấu diếm, lén lút


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