clandestine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clandestine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for clandestine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clandestine adj conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" Synonym(s): clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and- corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clandestine \Clandes"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 Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine* marriage.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. -- {Clandes"tinely}, adv. -- {Clandes"tineness}, n.