clandestine
adjective/klænˈdestɪn/, /ˈklændəstaɪn/
/klænˈdestɪn/, /ˈklændəstaɪn/
(formal)- done secretly or kept secret
- a clandestine meeting/relationship
- the clandestine sale of weapons
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- A clandestine meeting was held between leaders of the two parties.
- She could see no future in her clandestine relationship.
- There was nothing in all of this that could be regarded as clandestine.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClandestine is used with these nouns:- affair
- meeting
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam ‘secretly’.Definitions on the go
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