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undercover

/ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r)/adjective

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गुप्त, छद्म

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adjective
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    [usually before noun]

    working or done secretly in order to find out information for the police, a government

    गुप्त, छद्म

    • an undercover police officer
    • An undercover officer posed as a buyer to trap the smugglers.
    • Undercover police officers arrested the gang at the market.
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    • An undercover reporter exposed how the shop sold fake medicines.
    • The newspaper published the findings of a three-month undercover investigation.

    Synonyms secret covert clandestine hidden incognito

    Opposite open overt public uniformed

adverb
  1. 1

    secretly, pretending to be somebody else

    गुप्त रूप से

    • She worked undercover to expose the gang.
    • The inspector went undercover as a waiter to watch the suspect.
    • The officer worked undercover for two years to catch the smugglers.
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    • She went undercover as a nurse to study the hospital.
    • Detectives had been operating undercover in the city for months.

    Synonyms secretly covertly incognito in disguise

    Opposite openly

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Keep the secret words together: undercover (working secretly, especially for the police), covert (secret: 'covert operations'), clandestine (secret, often illegal), incognito (with your identity hidden: 'travel incognito'), surreptitious (done secretly because it is not allowed).

गुप्त के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: undercover (गुप्त रूप से काम करने वाला, विशेषकर पुलिस के लिए), covert (गुप्त: 'covert operations'), clandestine (गुप्त, प्रायः अवैध), incognito (पहचान छिपाकर: 'travel incognito'), surreptitious (अनुमति न होने से छिपकर किया)।

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One-word substitution

A person who secretly gathers information is a spy or agent.

गुप्त रूप से जानकारी इकट्ठा करने वाला spy या agent।