Covert

//ˈkoʊvɚt//

"Covert" in a Sentence (22 examples)

Subjugation of the lower classes is important to our covert centralization of resources.

We have been sent on a covert mission.

Sami had a covert evil nature.

Police conducted covert surveillance.

The CIA fought a covert war against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

This is covert racism.

I try my best to be stealthy and covert when waking up earlier than my family members.

Then the merry little boys they will ramble, / So gleesome, o’er mountain and dale, / Where the sweets of the rose through the bramble / Will be blown by the mild summer gale: / Then a share of Nature’s smiles each morning / To the poor humble peasant will be given. / While the lark from his covert he is soaring, / His musical notes to the heaven.

Since 1974, U.S. law has required that any covert action by intelligence operatives must be justified in advance by presidential authorization, as detailed in a document called a “finding.”

We’re also exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data collection.

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covert operations

how covert matters may be best disclosed

whether of open war or covert guile

If the President were to inform the Gang of Eight that he signed a covert action finding to overthrow the government of Canada, he would be required to tell others at least something about the finding.

Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.

Within that wood there was a covert glade, Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]

to plant a covert alley

feme covert

[…] a separate use for a woman cannot be created unless she is covert, or unless in immediate contemplation of her marriage.

[…] in the second case, as long as the woman is covert she cannot anticipate the income, and a mere alienation of her interest is not an attempt to anticipate.

Being advised of the fact that the woman is covert, he stands charged with a knowledge of her disability . A married woman has no power to deal as principal if she is in fact a surety […]

When he felt the trappings being taken off him, so that he was in hunting order, Cully did make some movements as if to rouse. He raised his crest, his shoulder coverts and the soft feathers of his thighs.

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