secreto2

secreto2
2 = arcane, confidential, q.t., secret, stealth, undercover, cryptic, hush-hush.
Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
Ex. There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.
Ex. 'I probably shouldn't tell you this,' he said confidentially, 'but you'll find out sooner or later; in the meantime, it's strictly q.t.; Jay's in trouble'.
Ex. This article raises some of the issues associated with the collection and documentation of Aboriginal archival material which is secret/sacred in nature.
Ex. A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.
Ex. Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.
Ex. Documentation in the on-line fields is a mass of small and medium-sized pamphlets, clumsy binder and cryptic electronic paragraphs.
Ex. Several hundred women die every year in the United States from hospital-acquired infections, but it's so hush-hush here that we rarely hear about them.
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* acuerdo secreto = secret deal.
* agente secreto = secret agent.
* amigo secreto = invisible friend.
* argot secreto de los cacos = thieves' cant.
* argot secreto de los ladrones = thieves' cant.
* arma secreta = secret weapon.
* célula secreta = secret cell.
* con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
* en secreto = in confidence, covertly, in secret.
* guardar en secreto = keep + confidential.
* información secreta = secret information.
* mantener en secreto = keep + secret, keep + hush hush, keep + confidential.
* mantener secreto = keep + secret.
* más secreto = innermost.
* pacto secreto = secret deal.
* pasadizo secreto = secret passage.
* policía secreto = undercover police officer.
* sociedad secreta = secret brotherhood.
* voluntad de mantener Algo en secreto = secretiveness.
* voto secreto = secret ballot.

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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