What does cloak-and-dagger mean?
Cloak-and-dagger means Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved..
Cloak-and-dagger
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Meaning
Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved..
Example Sentences
Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran [headline]
Two years after ordering the mass internment of German refugees at the start of the second world war, the British government put a small, elite group of them in military uniforms and sent them on a secret cloak-and-dagger mission to occupied Dieppe to snatch an Enigma coding machine from under the Nazis’ noses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for cloak-and-dagger?
Common synonyms include covert, clandestine, undercover, abstruse.
What is the opposite of cloak-and-dagger?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use cloak-and-dagger in a sentence?
Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran [headline]
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