- secret or clandestine
- Hi-Fi. (adj.) huggermugger
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
secret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Kept private Nouns secret; dead secret, profound secret; mystery; sealed or closed book; skeleton in the closet; confidence; hidden agenda; problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle, crossword puzzle, [double]… … English dictionary for students
clandestine — clan|des|tine [klænˈdestın] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: clandestinus, from clam secretly ] done or kept secret ▪ a clandestine affair ▪ clandestine meetings … Dictionary of contemporary English
clandestine — adjective clandestine activities or organizations are secret: a clandestine affair … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Clandestine abuse — is sexual, psychological, or physical abuse that is kept secret for a purpose, concealed, or underhanded. [1] Child sexual abuse is often kept secret: A victim of child sexual abuse is under a great deal of pressure to keep the abuse secret. In… … Wikipedia
secret — adj Secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded are comparable when they mean done, carried on, operated, or accomplished so as not to attract attention or observation. Secret, the most general of these… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
clandestine — I adjective arcane, behind the scenes, camouflaged, clandestinus, cloaked, collusive, concealed, confidential, conspiring, covert, cunning, disguised, ensconced, evasive, furtive, furtivus, hidden, in the background, irrevealable, masked, obscure … Law dictionary
clandestine — ● clandestine nom féminin Plante parasite sans chlorophylle, vivant sur les racines des arbres, voisine de l orobanche. ● clandestin, clandestine adjectif (latin clandestinus) Qui se fait en secret, en cachette : Activités clandestines. Qui est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
secret — [sē′krit] adj. [OFr < L secretus, pp. of secernere, to set apart < se , apart (see SECEDE) + cernere, to sift, distinguish: see HARVEST] 1. kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons 2. withdrawn, remote … English World dictionary
Clandestine — may refer to: Secrecy ClanDestine, a Marvel Comics series by Alan Davis Clandestine (novel), a novel by James Ellroy Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity Clandestine MUD, a MUD, or text based MMORPG La Clandestine… … Wikipedia
Clandestine chemistry — is chemistry carried out in secret, and particularly in illegal drug laboratories. Larger labs are usually run by gangs or organized crime intending to produce for distribution on the black market. Smaller labs can be run by individual chemists… … Wikipedia
secret — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, arcane, arcanus, clandestine, close, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, dark, esoteric, furtive, hidden, latent, mysterious, not public, obscure, occult, occultus, private, privy, recondite,… … Law dictionary