secret meeting
Hush-hush assembly
A secret meeting is a gathering conducted without public knowledge, often to discuss sensitive, controversial, or illicit matters.
The secrecy may be necessary for legitimate reasons—planning a surprise party, negotiating delicate business deals—or may suggest conspiracy: They held secret meetings to plot the coup.
The phrase implies deliberate concealment from those who might object or interfere.
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- covertIntentionally concealed
- smoke-filled roomSecret political negotiation venue
- hushedReduced to silence
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- Private meetingsprivate session, closed session, closed hearing
- meetingsAGM, attendee, meetings, attendees, general assembly
- covert activitiesspying, sneaking, eavesdropping, snooping, hiding
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- Tristan legendTristan, Isolde, love potion, Cornwall, Ireland
- affairsaffairs, affair, foreign affairs, current affairs, world affairs
secret meetingpublic forum
Space for collective discourse
public meeting · open meeting · town hall · public assembly · press conference
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