covert
koh vert
- n a flock of coots
- n a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
the brush provided a covert for game - a secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
covert actions by the CIA
covert funding for the rebels - s (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
a woman covert
- To carry out covert operations needs a lot of training and technical support.
- Emboldened by lack of political will to curb terrorist violence, the so-called sleeper cells intermittently come alive and carry on with their covert operations.
- The covert operations of the secret service resulted in the loss of innocent lives.