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Definition of cloak-and-dagger in English: cloak-and-daggeradjective Involving or characterized by mystery, intrigue, or espionage. 神秘的；阴谋的；间谍的 a cloak-and-dagger operation 一场间谍行动。 Example sentencesExamples - He saw me at the hungry i in San Francisco two years ago and that's when he had the brilliant idea to use me in a cloak-and-dagger deal.
- Part of the misperception today stems from the cloak-and-dagger intrigue so prevalent in pop culture's version of international police work.
- So what did this man do to merit a cloak-and-dagger operation estimated to have cost close to £1m?
- Doing it after school hours or in some organised cloak-and-dagger way is surely the opposite to what the school is trying to achieve.
- A decade ago, a cloak-and-dagger novel of mine was roundly panned in the daily Times.
- Or they can pull a cloak-and-dagger job and install taps at a cellular company's base station.
- By their very nature, underworld deals are negotiated and sealed in cloak-and-dagger secrecy.
- But don't think there's any cloak-and-dagger spying going on.
- Hughes's dramatic arrival at the local airport seemed symbolic of the cloak-and-dagger air surrounding the US skaters.
- The Windows drive is patched with whatever the MS auto-update cloak-and-dagger process does to it.
- Exactly how cloak-and-dagger are the secret prisons?
- Publication has been shrouded in cloak-and-dagger security.
- These are some of the questions that the Punjab law, which was enacted in a cloak-and-dagger manner, has raised.
- Then, it was all murderous cloak-and-dagger stuff conducted far from the light of day, with scant regard for the law or human rights.
- This government is better about it than most, but it's had its fair share of power-hungry cloak-and-dagger wonks.
- It makes all this cloak-and-dagger stuff worthwhile.
- A recent case with facts that read like a cloak-and-dagger novel raises serious questions about the psychotherapist-patient privilege.
- Most writers use conventions most of the time, of course; it is all part of the cloak-and-dagger craft of catching readers unaware.
- At stake amidst this cloak-and-dagger power play is the growth of not only black rugby, but of rugby as a whole in the region.
- He leaves our building at a trot, then saunters down West End Avenue, thrilling at the cloak-and-dagger fun.
Synonyms deceitful, underhanded, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, cheating, dubious, dirty, unfair, treacherous, duplicitous, double-dealing, below the belt, two-timing, two-faced, janus-faced, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
Definition of cloak-and-dagger in US English: cloak-and-daggeradjectiveˌklōk ən ˈdaɡərˌkloʊk ən ˈdæɡər Involving or characteristic of mystery, intrigue, or espionage. 神秘的；阴谋的；间谍的 a cloak-and-dagger operation 一场间谍行动。 Example sentencesExamples - The Windows drive is patched with whatever the MS auto-update cloak-and-dagger process does to it.
- Most writers use conventions most of the time, of course; it is all part of the cloak-and-dagger craft of catching readers unaware.
- This government is better about it than most, but it's had its fair share of power-hungry cloak-and-dagger wonks.
- At stake amidst this cloak-and-dagger power play is the growth of not only black rugby, but of rugby as a whole in the region.
- Publication has been shrouded in cloak-and-dagger security.
- A recent case with facts that read like a cloak-and-dagger novel raises serious questions about the psychotherapist-patient privilege.
- These are some of the questions that the Punjab law, which was enacted in a cloak-and-dagger manner, has raised.
- Then, it was all murderous cloak-and-dagger stuff conducted far from the light of day, with scant regard for the law or human rights.
- Exactly how cloak-and-dagger are the secret prisons?
- So what did this man do to merit a cloak-and-dagger operation estimated to have cost close to £1m?
- Hughes's dramatic arrival at the local airport seemed symbolic of the cloak-and-dagger air surrounding the US skaters.
- Doing it after school hours or in some organised cloak-and-dagger way is surely the opposite to what the school is trying to achieve.
- A decade ago, a cloak-and-dagger novel of mine was roundly panned in the daily Times.
- By their very nature, underworld deals are negotiated and sealed in cloak-and-dagger secrecy.
- Part of the misperception today stems from the cloak-and-dagger intrigue so prevalent in pop culture's version of international police work.
- Or they can pull a cloak-and-dagger job and install taps at a cellular company's base station.
- It makes all this cloak-and-dagger stuff worthwhile.
- He saw me at the hungry i in San Francisco two years ago and that's when he had the brilliant idea to use me in a cloak-and-dagger deal.
- But don't think there's any cloak-and-dagger spying going on.
- He leaves our building at a trot, then saunters down West End Avenue, thrilling at the cloak-and-dagger fun.
Synonyms deceitful, underhanded, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, cheating, dubious, dirty, unfair, treacherous, duplicitous, double-dealing, below the belt, two-timing, two-faced, janus-faced, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
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