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adjectiveconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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- ji a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
- intrigue a clandestine love affair
- sas a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- saboteur a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
- haganah the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
- islamic community a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
- cira a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
- underground press a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature
- operational cell a terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities
- death squad a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)