clandestine activities
Secret, hidden doings
Clandestine activities are operations conducted in secret, typically to avoid detection by authorities or enemies.
The phrase appears most often in intelligence and military contexts: The CIA conducted clandestine activities throughout the Cold War.
It also describes illegal or covert business dealings: The investigation uncovered clandestine activities involving offshore accounts.
- spycraftMethods of secret agents
- counterintelligenceDefense against enemy espionage
- black opsUnacknowledged covert activities
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
hidden agenda · guerrilla tactics · safe houses · double agent · sabotage · sleeper agents · deep cover · cover story · dead drops · reconnaissance · disinformation · operative · whistleblowing · dissidents · espionage · tradecraft · brush pass · liberation movements
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
clandestine activitieslegal proceedings
Formal court-based dispute resolution
clandestine activitiespublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
public announcements · press conferences · public hearings · sunshine laws · freedom of information