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Definitions for undercover
ˌʌn dərˈkʌv ər, ˈʌn dərˌkʌv-un·der·cov·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective

    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

    "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"

Wiktionary

  1. undercovernoun

    A person who works undercover.

  2. undercoveradjective

    Performed or happening in secret.

  3. undercoveradjective

    Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.

Wikipedia

  1. undercover

    A cover in foreign, military or police human intelligence or counterintelligence is the ostensible identity and/or role or position in an infiltrated organization assumed by a covert agent during a covert operation.

ChatGPT

  1. undercover

    Undercover refers to activities or operations carried out in secret or in disguise, typically by individuals or groups, often in law enforcement or intelligence agencies, with the aim of obtaining information, evidence, or to prevent potential criminal activities. It often involves a person known as an undercover agent or officer posing as someone else, blending in a certain environment, community or organization to mislead others about their true identity or purpose.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of undercover in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of undercover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of undercover in a Sentence

  1. Adriano Enong:

    There was a shootout between undercover police officers and drug peddlers when the men sensed they had sold 500 pesos ($10.80) worth of drugs to policemen.

  2. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

    I’m not sure [the undercover videos] are going to have a direct, immediate effect in the near term on Planned Parenthood. Perhaps some corporations will withhold donations.

  3. Jill Oliveira:

    These were separate instances where they either responded to undercover officers posing as sex buyers or undercover officers posing as minors.

  4. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:

    We have captured some U.S. citizens in undercover activities, espionage, trying to win over people in towns along the Venezuelan coast.

  5. John Vanek:

    Law enforcement will answer the ad, surveillance is set up, and an undercover officer arrives at the ‘date,’.

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