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furtive(adjective, mysterious, reticent, taciturn)
3
backdoor(sensitive, inside, clandestine, underground)
2
cryptic(adjective, mysterious, private, reticent)
1
camouflaged(clandestine, underground, undisclosed, furtive)
1
discreet(restricted, inside, clandestine, underground)
1
dissembled(restricted, clandestine, underground, discreet)
1
dissimulated(restricted, inside, clandestine, underground)
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in ambush(expression, sensitive, restricted, clandestine)
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incognito(restricted, clandestine, underground, discreet)
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inside(restricted, clandestine, underground, discreet)
1
sneak(restricted, inside, clandestine, underground)
1
sub-rosa(sensitive, clandestine, underground, undisclosed)
1
top secret(expression, sensitive, inside, clandestine)
1
unacknowledged(sensitive, inside, clandestine, underground)
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under false pretense(expression, idiom, sensitive, clandestine)
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under the table(expression, idiom, sensitive, inside)
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