- 1[only before noun] a coded message or coded information is written or sent using a special system of words, letters, numbers, etc. that can only be understood by a few other people or by a computer a coded warning of a bomb at the airport
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- 2expressed in an indirect way There was coded criticism of the government from some party members.
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