cloak-and-dagger
adjective
Origin of cloak-and-dagger
Related Words for cloak-and-dagger
clandestine, covert, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, hugger-muggerExamples from the Web for cloak-and-dagger
Contemporary Examples of cloak-and-dagger
But there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak.
He went on to say that he was the intended target because of all his cloak-and-dagger work inside Iran.
Georgetown Socialite Viola Drath Killed by Assassin, Husband ClaimsSandra McElwaine
November 19, 2011
Plame, the cloak-and-dagger CIA veteran, took a slightly different position.
Historical Examples of cloak-and-dagger
Joe said politely: “I heard there was cloak-and-dagger stuff going on.”
Space PlatformMurray Leinster
You risked your life on cloak-and-dagger missions; let the shore-bound fancy dans do the drudgery.
The SyndicC.M. Kornbluth
It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces.
This FreedomA. S. M. Hutchinson
He climbed out, standing alongside the bed in his shorts, wondering at the Colonel's cloak-and-dagger approach.
First on the MoonJeff Sutton