Meanings of received a secret in English

The king received a secret subsidy for the next twenty years.

He felt as though he'd received a secret gift.

He had received a secret favour!

Nor did any of us know that while we were in camp, he had received a secret embassy from Sapor.

When she received a secret coded message revealing an assassination plot spearheaded by Isbar, even Jessica was surprised at the audacity of it.

Not long before he had received a secret message telling him to go to the city of Milan, taking his sword and pistols with him.

Of late he had changed, however, had appeared less formidable and with a lessened vigor of life, as though he had received a secret wound.

Cranmer, whether that he had received a secret intimation of their design, or had repented of his weakness, surprised the audience by a contrary declaration.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described revelations that the former head of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) received a secret €742,000 retirement pay-off as appalling.