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Undercover

Meanings and phrases

undercover

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
adj.
  1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; underground

undercover agent

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors; spy
E.g.
  • He will play Mike McQuigg, an undercover agent.
  • They are aided by an undercover agent within Cota's drug cartel.
  • An undercover agent betrayed them and their defection attempt failed.

undercover operation

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. an operation involving secret work within a community or institution

undercover work

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes; spying

undercover police

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In 1995, Hu starred as an undercover police officer in the film "No Way Back".
  • Phelan called the police after finding out that Anna was at the Red Rec, with undercover police searching for her.
  • The Sumac Centre was one of the many organisations that undercover police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated, starting in 2003.

working undercover

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • A detective working undercover spotted a Honda Accord in a parking lot.
  • In Florida, Pistone worked with another FBI agent working undercover as Tony Rossi.
  • It was while he was working undercover that he would meet the team, Shepherd, Margo, and Benny Ray.

go undercover

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • It’s always fun to see Fin go undercover, though.
  • Stallworth was asked if he would go undercover to observe the speech, and he eagerly accepted the assignment.
  • The film tells the story of two policemen who go undercover to defeat narcotics trafficking among high school gangs.

goes undercover

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Then, he goes undercover, disguising himself as a customer, to experience the problems firsthand.
  • He goes undercover and goes into a group called "Pulang Araw", a rebel group fighting for rights.
  • In the noir thriller "New World" (2013), he played a police officer who goes undercover in a crime organization.

undercover police officer

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In 1995, Hu starred as an undercover police officer in the film "No Way Back".
  • The Sumac Centre was one of the many organisations that undercover police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated, starting in 2003.
  • According to Stallworth himself, he knew, even as a cadet, that he wanted to work as an undercover police officer eventually.

undercover cop

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Rakaes's son Jimmi joins in the police force and becomes an undercover cop.
  • That happened because Nandini's brother was an undercover cop and when goons found out they killed the whole family.
  • This 1974 film is about an undercover cop, Stone, who investigates the murders of a motorcycle gang, the Grave Diggers.
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