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Learn “Clandestine”

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Clandestine

adjective/klan-DES-tin/

Meaning

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

In context

They held clandestine meetings in the old warehouse.

Remember it

ClanDEStine: a secret CLAN meeting by DESign — hidden because it breaks the rules.

Use it well

For secret-because-forbidden things: 'clandestine meeting or operation'; sneakier than 'private'.