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clandestine

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  1. secret                
 
clan.des.tine \klan-'des-t*n\ aj [MF or L; MF clandestin, fr. L 
   clandestinus, irreg. fr. clam]secretly; akin to L celare to hide - more at 
   HELL : held in or conducted with secrecy : SURREPTITIOUS  - 
   clan.des.tine.ly av