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Meanings of undercover in English

Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

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Usage of undercover in English
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Second, the bureau kept Bazin's undercover phone number active, just in case.
Priceless: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen tr...
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It was time to go undercover for her own extended good health.
Goodbye dolly
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The case led to the police overhauling their rules about undercover operation.
Radio NZ
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You let them work undercover for a few days, then they're gone.
It Must Be Love
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The talk among the group was of everything but weddings-andundercover work.
Secret weapon spouse
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Of course, that pushback happened before Channel 4 released further undercover video.
Wired
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The programme involved undercover reporters secretly filming at a number of creches.
The Irish Times
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During the operation undercover police posed as members of a criminal organisation.
Radio NZ
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It doesn't always come out like a doubt thing; it operates undercover.
Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
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We talk to Amnesty International's Anna Neistat recently went undercover to Nauru.
Radio NZ
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Also, no one gets fired as a result of the undercover work.
Reuters
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As you've seen, I'm not too good at spotting your undercover agents.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
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The Russian foreign ministry said the diplomat was an undercover CIA agent.
The Guardian
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An undercover operation was set where Anyaoku allegedly agreed to supply heroin.
The South African
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However, after Hammond deals with an undercover FBI agent, he is imprisoned.
Ebony
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BBC Scotland goes undercover to expose human trafficking gangs and organ trading.
BBC
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