HUGGER MUGGER
\hˈʌɡə mˈʌɡə], \hˈʌɡə mˈʌɡə], \h_ˈʌ_ɡ_ə m_ˈʌ_ɡ_ə]\
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conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
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in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
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a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
By Princeton University
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in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
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a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
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Secret; clandestine; sly.
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Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
By Oddity Software
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