Definition of clandestine

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Clandestine (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage..

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Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
Underhanded :: Underhanded (a.) Underhand; clandestine.
Underplot :: Underplot (n.) A clandestine scheme; a trick.
Surrey :: Surreptitious (a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods..
Hugger-mugger :: Hugger-mugger (a.) Secret; clandestine; sly.
Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent..
Underaid :: Underaid (v. t.) To aid clandestinely.
Smuggle :: Smuggle (v. t.) Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Secret; clandestine.
Stealthful :: Stealth (v. t.) The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.
Abscond :: Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor..
Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
Underwork :: Underwork (v. i.) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
Pocket :: Pocket (v. t.) To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us..
Clancular :: Clancular (a.) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
Clandestine :: Clandestine (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage..
Steam :: Stealthy (superl.) Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly..
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