19 entries under sensitive topic. ×

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secret(adjective, clandestine, underground, undisclosed)
3
backdoor(close, inside, clandestine, underground)
2
under-the-table(unknowing, clandestine, underground, undisclosed)
1
buttoned up(expression, adjective, mysterious, private)
1
classified(clandestine, underground, undisclosed, sub-rosa)
1
in ambush(expression, close, restricted, clandestine)
1
on the QT(expression, idiom, reticent, taciturn)
1
sub-rosa(close, clandestine, underground, undisclosed)
1
top secret(expression, close, inside, clandestine)
1
unacknowledged(close, inside, clandestine, underground)
1
under false pretense(expression, idiom, close, clandestine)
0
for eyes only(expression, idiom, sub-rosa)
0
hidden away(expression, sub-rosa)
0
kept concealed(expression, sub-rosa)
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not for publication(expression, idiom, sub-rosa)
0
privileged
0
under the table(expression, idiom, close, inside)
0
under wraps(expression, clandestine, underground, undisclosed)
0
with a lid on(expression, idiom, sub-rosa)
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