Usually means: Secretive, involving espionage or intrigue.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word cloak-and-dagger:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. cloak-and-dagger: Merriam-Webster
  2. cloak-and-dagger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cloak-and-dagger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cloak-and-dagger, cloak-and-dagger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cloak-and-dagger: Vocabulary.com
  6. cloak-and-dagger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cloak-and-dagger: Wiktionary
  8. cloak-and-dagger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cloak-and-dagger: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cloak-and-dagger: Dictionary.com
  11. cloak-and-dagger: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Cloak-and-dagger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. cloak-and-dagger: Rhymezone
  14. cloak-and-dagger: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cloak-and-dagger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. cloak-and-dagger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cloak-and-dagger: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cloak-and-dagger: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.

Similar:
undercover, hole-and-corner, covert, clandestine, hugger-mugger, surreptitious, on the quiet, hush-hush, secret, underground, more...

Types:
espionage, covert, clandestine, undercover, stealth, more...

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Similar:
undercover, hole-and-corner, covert, clandestine, hugger-mugger, surreptitious, on the quiet, hush-hush, secret, underground, more...

Types:
espionage, covert, clandestine, undercover, stealth, more...



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