Definitions for cloak-and-dagger

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cloak-and-dagger cloak-and-dag·ger

Spelling: [klohk-uh n-dag-er]

IPA: /ˈkloʊk ənˈdæg ər/

Cloak-And-Dagger is a 16 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 1180 anagrams from letters in cloak-and-dagger (--aaacddeggklnor).

Definitions for cloak-and-dagger

adjective

1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or dealing in espionage or intrigue, especially of a romantic or dramatic kind.

Origin of cloak-and-dagger

First recorded in 1835-45

Examples for cloak-and-dagger

But there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak.

Plame, the cloak-and-dagger CIA veteran, took a slightly different position.

He climbed out, standing alongside the bed in his shorts, wondering at the Colonel's cloak-and-dagger approach.

It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces.

He went on to say that he was the intended target because of all his cloak-and-dagger work inside Iran.

You risked your life on cloak-and-dagger missions; let the shore-bound fancy dans do the drudgery.

Joe said politely: “I heard there was cloak-and-dagger stuff going on.”