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Definition of Clandestine

Clandestine
Clandestine Clan*des"tine, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. --Locke. Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. -- Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.

Meaning of Clandestine from wikipedia

- Look up clandestine or clandestines in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clandestine may refer to: Secrecy, the practice of hiding information from certain...
- The ClanDestine (also known simply as ClanDestine) is an appellation used to refer to the Destines, a fictional secret family of long-lived superhuman...
- Operation Gladio was the codename for clandestine "stay-behind" operations of armed resistance that were organized by the Western Union (WU) (founded...
- A clandestine operation (op) is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general po****tion...
- The clandestine detention, torture and extermination centers, also called (in Spanish: centros clandestinos de detención, tortura y exterminio, CCDTyE...
- The Directorate of Operations (DO), less formally called the Clandestine Service, is a component of the US Central Intelligence Agency. It was known as...
- The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that conducts clandestine espionage, intelligence gathering activities...
- Clandestine service may refer to: Espionage Defense Clandestine Service, a part of the Defense Intelligence Agency National Clandestine Service, a part...
- Clandestine literature, also called "underground literature", refers to a type of editorial and publishing process that involves self-publishing works...
- Black sites are clandestine detention centers operated by a state where prisoners who have not been charged with a crime are incarcerated without due...