undercover op
Clandestine police assignment
An undercover op is a covert operation, typically involving law enforcement or intelligence work where agents conceal their true identity or purpose.
The phrase appears in crime dramas and news coverage of police investigations: The whole drug bust started as an undercover op.
Op is clipped from operation.
- spyCovert information gatherer
- covertIntentionally concealed
- black opsUnacknowledged covert activities
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- moleSubterranean insectivore
inside man · surveillance · sting · handler · alias · code name · informant · wire tap · wiretap · dead drop · stakeout · mission · need to know · eyes only · clandestine · sleeper · asset · intel
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
undercover opbeat cop
Officer assigned regular route
patrol officer · traffic cop · patrol duty · community policing · foot patrol
undercover opno-knock raid
Unannounced law enforcement search
raid · bust · tactical strike · SWAT raid · show of force
undercover, under, cover, operative, operatives, operate, operated, operates, operator