Surreptitious

The word surreptitious has appeared in 42 New York Times articles in the past year, including on May 29 in "French Broadcasters Told to Avoid Naming Social Media Sites," by Eric Pfanner: ❋ By THE LEARNING NETWORK (2011)

Learn more about the word "surreptitious" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary.com dictionary. ❋ By THE LEARNING NETWORK (2011)

At its core, “macroeconomic management” is invariably an exercise in surreptitious theft and fraud. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Terrorist will seek and potentially gain surreptitious entry into the United States to conduct mass casualty attacks against Americans on US soil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When he called a surreptitious meeting to try to get Emmerson ❋ Unknown (2005)

Finally, insofar as President Bush has exercised his powers to engage in surreptitious electronic surveillance without court-issued warrants in violation of the FISA, on the basis of an implausibly broad construction of his inherent Article II powers and a reading of the AUMF that was rightly repudiated in a slightly different context by the Supreme Court's recent Hamdan decision, the "fix" reportedly negotiated between The White House and Senator Arlen Specter, in which the legality of the NSA program of warrantless surveillance would be submitted for adjudication on the basis of a one-sided presentation to the FISA court by the Executive Branch -- which alone would be authorized to control the evidence to be considered, the forum for its consideration, whether the proceedings would be public or secret, and whether the result would be published or kept under wraps, and which alone would be authorized to appeal an adverse ruling to an Article III court including the Supreme Court -- is as transparently phony and futile as is the suggestion of a congressionally enacted vehicle to confer standing on someone to obtain a judicial ruling on the legality of this President's signing statements. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Or this was all surreptitious, which isn't true, due to state contracts. ❋ David Wharton (2007)

The two leading cases on so-called surreptitious entry, or what have come to be known as “sneak and peek” searches, came to very similar conclusions…. ❋ Glenn Greenwald (2006)

He liked to speak elliptically, but he made it clear that he had on his staff at least one black-bag man that is, a surreptitious entry specialist although he never admitted having had him employ those talents. ❋ Liddy, G. Gordon (1980)

After years of complaints about cramming - that is, the surreptitious dinging of customers via mystery charges that range from 99 cents to $19.99 - the Federal Communications Commission finally got fed up. ❋ Erika Morphy (2011)

And "surreptitious" and "plethora" overcome their negative connotations with their cascades of soft syllables. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Historically, people have enjoyed the Gothic for a long, long time, and it does give one a kind of surreptitious thrill, it's titillating, but at its best there is an undercurrent of unease. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wednesday, a Paris appeals court said Sacyr acted in a "surreptitious" manner when it tried to build a controlling stake in Eiffage, a company whose roots lie in the construction of the Eiffel Tower. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wrote to Michelle several days ago to ask her whether, in speaking of Herzig's "surreptitious" passing of "confidential" documents, she was perhaps alluding to something other than her informing Peter Irons of the existence of this public document in the National Archives. ❋ Unknown (2004)

This person who, in the intervals of her profession as midwife, carried on a kind of surreptitious practice, poohpoohed ❋ Unknown (2003)

Kaunda has been accused of 'surreptitious' efforts to topple party leader Kebby Musokotwane, who is supported by young party members. ❋ Unknown (1995)

In the period preceding the Bill of Rights, the Court recognized the importance of the right by developing what some commentators have referred to as a kind of surreptitious Bill of Rights to protect free speech. ❋ Unknown (1992)

The smoking was of course, as my father would have said, "surreptitious"; not so the visit to the Empire. ❋ Lewis, C. S. (1955)