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surreptitiously
[ sur-uhp-tish-uhs-lee ]
adverb
- in a secret or unauthorized way; stealthily:
After it surreptitiously installs itself on a user's phone, the spyware program can steal credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surreptitiously1
Example Sentences
And we’ll say, ‘Okay, then we are going to cancel these policies,’ ” he said in the video, recorded surreptitiously in January after the fires.
At the time, Indian officials said the ban followed many complaints against the apps for "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorised manner".
Finally, imagine the nation is one of extreme wealth and destitute poverty, surreptitiously run by a dozen billionaires who collectively control more wealth and capital than many other nations.
They look for anything that resembles what they term the 'finger-pinching gesture' and use it as proof that men-hating women are surreptitiously mocking them.
He kept tranquilisers in a shoebox in the garage, and switched brands because the first tasted "too salty" to be surreptitiously added to his wife's food and drink, he said later.
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