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undercover



undercover /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə◂ $ -dərˈkʌvər◂/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: noun
: ↑cover, ↑coverage, ↑covering; adjective: ↑undercover, ↑coveredUNCOVERED; verb: ↑cover ≠ ↑uncover; adverb: ↑undercover]
undercover work is done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information:
an undercover investigation
undercover policeman/cop/agent etc
undercover detectives
—undercover adverb:
a cop who goes undercover to catch drug dealers
He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland.
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THESAURUS
secret known about by only a few people, who have agreed not to tell anyone else: a secret meeting place | The details of the proposal must remain secret.
confidential used about information, especially in business or government, that is secret and not intended to be shown or told to other people: a highly confidential report | Employees’ personal details are treated as strictly confidential.
classified used about information that the government has ordered to be kept secret from most people: He was accused of passing on classified information to the Russians in the 1950s.
sensitive used about information that is kept secret because there would be problems if the wrong people knew it: A teenager managed to hack into sensitive US Air Force files.
covert [only before noun] used about things that are done secretly, especially by a government or official organization: a CIA covert operation
undercover [usually before noun] used about things that are done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
underground an underground organization or newspaper is one that operates or is produced secretly and opposes the government: Her father was a member of the underground resistance movement in France during World War II.
clandestine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/ secret and often illegal or immoral: clandestine meetings | his involvement in a clandestine operation to sell arms to Iran | a clandestine love affair
hush-hush informal used about information or activities that are kept officially secret: He was put in charge of some hush-hush military project. | I’ve no idea what he does – it’s all very hush-hush.

undercoverhu
[,ʌndə'kʌvə]
tính từ
giấu giếm, lén lút, bí mật; kín
undercover payments
những món tiền trả lén lút (những khoản hối lộ chẳng hạn)
tay trong, đặc tình (dò xét người khác trong khi làm ra vẻ làm việc bình (thường) với họ)
detectives working undercover
những thám tử đặc tình
undercover activities/organizations
những hoạt động/tổ chức do thám tay trong


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