covert

adjective

  1. 1

    secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

    covert actions by the CIA

    covert funding for the rebels

  2. 2

    (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

    a woman covert

noun

  1. 1

    a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

    a screen of trees afforded privacy

    under cover of darkness

  2. 2

    a flock of coots

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