The phrase "ability to conceal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capacity to hide or keep something secret.
Example: "Her ability to conceal her emotions made it difficult for others to understand what she was truly feeling."
Alternatives: "skill in hiding" or "capacity for secrecy".
But from the perspective of the adversary, the ability to conceal its identity from the victim with high confidence is also uncertain.
For marines, long considered the most style-conscious branch of the services, the appeal of the uniforms, which are wash-and-wear, extends beyond their ability to conceal.
Another Draconian recalled a story which seems to detail Niarchos's early ability to conceal aspects of his personality, a talent that he would fully utilise in later life.
On one hand, administration officials are pressing him to work faster and send out more inspectors to more places to undermine Baghdad's ability to conceal any hidden programs.
A senior Air Force official involved in planning missions over Iraq said surveillance planes, by their mere presence, reduced insurgents' ability to conceal explosives.
"It is precisely that ability to conceal those vices from yourself and everyone else that in my view makes you dangerous," Judge John Cleland said at the sentencing.
Birkenfeld, 44, was at the center of a U.S. government crackdown that has all but eliminated the ability of Americans to conceal their wealth in offshore banks.
"They have by far the most developed ability to detect concealed threats," she said.
Over the years, the N.R.A. has deployed armies of lobbyists around the country to knock back efforts to regulate guns and expand owners' ability to carry concealed weapons in schools, parks, bars and churches.
Deploy at every airport checkpoint multiview X-ray machines that automatically rotate passengers' carry-on bags so screeners can see them from every angle, improving their ability to spot concealed weapons.
But in the years since the Columbine tragedy, the state's lawmakers and voters passed some gun restrictions, including requirements governing the sale of firearms at gun shows, a law regulating people's ability to carry concealed weapons and legislation banning "straw purchases" of weapons for people who would not qualify to buy them legitimately.
