clandestine operation

Other forms: clandestine operations

Definitions of clandestine operation
  1. noun
    an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment
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    types:
    exfiltration operation
    a clandestine rescue operation to bring a defector or refugee or an operative and family out of danger
    type of:
    intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
    the operation of gathering information about an enemy
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