HOLE-AND-CORNER Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

hole-and-corner

adjective

ˈhōl-ən(d)-ˈkȯr-nər

Definition of hole-and-corner

as in clandestine

undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others a hole-and-corner antiterrorist operation whose very existence has been steadfastly denied by the government

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Adjective

That was a concern because other research has indicated the Chinese government has, at times, delayed public disclosure of vulnerabilities submitted to the program so they could later be used in clandestine cyberattacks.

— Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

Definition of clandestine

Adjective

These efforts are intended to validate the unique aspects of its underground deployment strategy before commercial operation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
The engraving was found at an underground Mithras temple at Zerzevan Castle, a Turkish fortification roughly 40 miles north of the Syrian border.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of underground

Adjective

To achieve this, Israel employed airstrikes, cyberattacks, interdictions of weapons and covert action to impede Iran’s ability to resupply Hezbollah’s existing arsenal and supply it with more advanced weapons.

— Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
After 1996, when the protease inhibitors were developed, the duty to warn continued to be an important standard when HIV status became more clinically covert.

— M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 25 June 2026

Definition of covert

Adjective

Duties include developing operation plans and going undercover.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
In exchange, one of the agents asked Lumumba to move the city’s deadline for the hotel project from April 30 to April 10 or 15, giving the undercover FBI agents an advantage over other developers.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of undercover

Adjective

Gabriella paid off most of his entourage to leave him and the band alone and is now basically his own private Joe Jackson, pressuring him to record nonstop.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 July 2026
The Castro family has been linked, through GAESA chiefly, to a lucrative world of hotels, banks, retail monopolies, foreign-currency businesses, foreign private compounds and offshore accounts.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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