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is surreptitious
adjective
Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
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"In countries like Kenya, poaching is surreptitious, done in darkness.
Sometimes the purpose of using a pen scanner is surreptitious.
"We're here Rob, but supposed to be working at our desks, so this is surreptitious," says Peter Mills.
What is surreptitious in the American psyche is also foundational--slavery, religious intolerance, xenophobia, so present are these building blocks of our national DNA we're caught repressing them, then admitting their corrosive effects when they flash on the giant outdoor movie screen of our political theater.
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Don't brag about your surreptitiousness, no matter how cool it sounds to say "I'm surreptitious"!
They used to be surreptitious.
At least he hoped it was surreptitious.
But one does not always have to be surreptitious.
My answer is that I don't want to conceal anything or be surreptitious.
"It was not one that was surreptitious in any way, meant to embarrass anyone in any way.
Rob Crego, 25, was taking what he thought were surreptitious images of his Tube companion when something appeared to alert Mr Miliband to the undercover photographer.
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