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- 1. involving or characterized by mystery, intrigue, or espionage: "a cloak-and-dagger operation"
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"Cloak and dagger" was a fighting style common by the time of the Renaissance involving a knife hidden beneath a cloak. The term later came into use as a metaphor, referring to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage, or mystery. Wikipedia