5
slippery(adjective, dishonest, cunning, deceitful, dubious)
5
under-the-table(adjective, secret, private, hidden, clandestine)
5
underground(adjective, obscure, secret, unknown, hidden)
4
backstair
4
calculating(adjective, mean, smooth, cunning, knowing)
4
cautious(adjective, mysterious, private, reticent, sneaky)
4
close(adjective, secret, concealment, sneaky, stealthy)
4
hole-and-corner(secret, private, hidden, spy, sneaky)
4
slinking(adjective, secret, private, hidden, sneaky)
3
arcane(adjective, obscure, strange, secret, unknown)
3
buttoned up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, secret, concealment)
3
cagey(adjective, secret, sneaky, stealthy)
3
confidential(adjective, secret, hidden, spy, clandestine)
3
cryptic(adjective, close, obscure, strange, reticent)
3
disguised(adjective, secret, hidden, clandestine, sneaky)
3
false(adjective, dishonest, cunning, unpredictable, fickle)
3
indirect(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, sly, devious)
3
latent(adjective, secret, sneaky, stealthy)
3
lurking
3
mystical(obscure, strange, unknown, clandestine, underground)
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