covert action
noun
a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
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Also called covert operation.
Origin of covert action
First recorded in 1975–80
Words nearby covert action
coversed sine, cover-shoulder, cover slip, cover story, covert, covert action, covert cloth, covert coat, cover text, cover the field, covert sensitization
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