Usage of "cloak-and-dagger"

Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

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Использование термина cloak-and-dagger на английском

McCone kept saying he wanted to get out of the cloak-and-dagger business. 
 Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia 

It had become apparent that all the cloak-and-dagger talk was just that. 
 Stiltsville: a novel 

I know, you thought it was more cloak-and-dagger than that, didn't you? 
 I shot you babe 

Overdoing the cloak-and-dagger would be carrying it too far in the other direction. 
 Girl out back 

It would strike de Mohrenschildt as just one more bit of cloak-and-dagger spookery. 
 11/22/63 

I have to tell you I thought all this cloak-and-dagger stuff was simply hilarious. 
 Mortal Allies 

The scene was enchantingly fairylike, with an added cloak-and-dagger feel. 
 Arabesque: a taste of morocco, turkey, and lebanon 

You really do make it sound like a cloak-and-dagger affair. 
 Tainted blood 

I nearly forgot, caught up in all that cloak-and-dagger tripe. 
 Origin 

Looks like the spooks at Naval Intelligence are up to their normal cloak-and-dagger tricks. 
 The Fall of Reach 

Rachel was curious how these people balanced their regular lives with all the cloak-and-dagger. 
 Map of bones 

And why the hell this cloak-and-dagger shit with the mask? 
 The Harlequin 

Garish costumes aren't particularly effective in a cloak-and-dagger world. 
 Wired 

The sinister cloak-and-dagger impression of Vienna belongs to history. 
 The Guardian 

You know, they might be all-powerful but they're way too fond of playing cloak-and-dagger games. 
 Darkness revealed 

It's a cloak-and-dagger strategy, and the reason why early vaccines such as Winston Price's failed. 
 The Guardian 

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