surreptitious
secretive
TRANSLATION
surreptitious = betrügerisch, erschlichen, heimlich, heimlich getan, verstohlen; surreptitious advertising = Schleichwerbung
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"BBC strengthens most comprehensive code of ethics in broadcasting... clearer rules governing SURREPTITIOUS recording for certain types of consumer and social research"
BBC NEWS Release 24
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surreptitious
adjective
- done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
Cambridge Dictionary
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SYNONYMS
clandestine, covert, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, secret, secretive, sneaky, stealthy, unauthorized
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ANTONYMS
aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, honest, open, public, straightforward, truthful
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TALKING POINT
For over 600 years, a 9-foot-tall stucco (Gipsputz) Buddha statue sat in Bangkok, Thailand. Known as the Phra Phuttha Maha Suwan Patimakon, it was so heavy that it sat outside for years, with a simple tin roof covering the statue.
Then, in 1955, the statue was accidentally dropped while being moved to a new location. Pieces of the stucco broke off, and the shocked onlookers realized the entire Buddha was solid gold.
Worth an estimated $250 million, the statue had been SURREPTITOUSLY covered with stucco to protect it from Burmese invaders back in the 1700s.
