Usually means: Secretive, clandestine, typically illicit activities.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hole-and-corner: Merriam-Webster
  2. hole-and-corner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hole-and-corner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hole-and-corner, hole-and-corner: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hole-and-corner: Vocabulary.com
  6. hole-and-corner: Wordnik
  7. hole-and-corner: Wiktionary
  8. hole-and-corner: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hole-and-corner: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hole-and-corner: Dictionary.com
  11. hole-and-corner: Rhymezone
  12. hole-and-corner: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hole-and-corner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. hole-and-corner: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hole-and-corner: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hole-and-corner: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hole-and-corner: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Conducted in secret; clandestine.

Similar:
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, undercover, covert, hugger-mugger, surreptitious, on the quiet, hush-hush, secret, insignificant, more...

Opposite:
open, public, visible, transparent

Types:
furtive, clandestine, secret, covert, undercover, surreptitious, more...

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Similar:
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, undercover, covert, hugger-mugger, surreptitious, on the quiet, hush-hush, secret, insignificant, more...

Opposite:
open, public, visible, transparent

Types:
furtive, clandestine, secret, covert, undercover, surreptitious, more...



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