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adjective
- 1. involving secret work within a community or organization, especially for the purposes of police investigation or espionage: "an undercover police operation"
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UNDERCOVER definition: 1. working secretly using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNDERCOVER is acting or executed in secret; specifically : employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation. How to use undercover in a sentence.
Undercover definition: working or done out of public sight; secret. See examples of UNDERCOVER used in a sentence.
adverb. us / ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ / uk / ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ə r/. secretly and using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or government: He was working undercover at the time, probably for the CIA. He is ordered to go undercover to infiltrate the criminal underworld. More examples.
working or done out of public sight; secret.
Undercover means secret or disguised. A police department might send undercover officers dressed as clowns to investigate a corrupt circus.
Define undercover. undercover synonyms, undercover pronunciation, undercover translation, English dictionary definition of undercover. adj. 1. Conducted in secret or through the use of subterfuge, as in a police investigation or in spying: an undercover investigation. 2. Engaged or employed...
Definition of undercover adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
UNDERCOVER definition: working secretly in order to get information for the police or government: . Learn more.
1. working or done out of public sight; secret. an undercover investigation. 2. engaged in spying or securing confidential information. an undercover agent. SYNONYMS 1. concealed, covert, clandestine, hidden. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
