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I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances.
Lucy Alibar

Meaning of "surreptitious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SURREPTITIOUS

From Latin surreptīcius furtive, from surripere to steal, from sub- secretly + rapere to snatch.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SURREPTITIOUS

surreptitious  [ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURREPTITIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surreptitious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SURREPTITIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of surreptitious in the English dictionary

The first definition of surreptitious in the dictionary is done, acquired, etc, in secret or by improper means. Other definition of surreptitious is operating by stealth. Surreptitious is also characterized by fraud or misrepresentation of the truth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURREPTITIOUS


ablatitious
ˌæbləˈtɪʃəs
addititious
ˌædɪˈtɪʃəs
adscititious
ˌædsɪˈtɪʃəs
adventitious
ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs
ascititious
ˌæsɪˈtɪʃəs
cementitious
ˌsɪmɛnˈtɪʃəs
excrementitious
ˌekskrɪmenˈtɪʃəs
factitious
fækˈtɪʃəs
fermentitious
ˌfɜːmɛnˈtɪʃəs
fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃəs
obreptitious
ˌɒbrɛpˈtɪʃəs
profectitious
prəfekˈtɪʃəs
recrementitious
ˌrɛkrɪmənˈtɪʃəs
repetitious
ˌrɛpɪˈtɪʃəs
stalactitious
ˌstæləkˈtɪʃəs
subreptitious
ˌsʌbrepˈtɪʃəs
supposititious
səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs
tralaticious
ˌtræləˈtɪʃəs
tralatitious
ˌtræləˈtɪʃəs
triticeous
trɪˈtɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURREPTITIOUS

surrealism
surrealist
surrealistic
surrealistically
surreally
surrebut
surrebuttal
surrebutter
surreined
surrejoin
surrejoinder
surrender
surrender to bail
surrender value
surrenderee
surrenderer
surrenderor
surreptitiously
surreptitiousness
surrey

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURREPTITIOUS

ambitious
captious
cautious
conscientious
contentious
delicious
expeditious
facetious
flirtatious
infectious
nutritious
ostentatious
pretentious
rambunctious
scrumptious
superstitious
tendentious
tortious
unambitious
unpretentious
vexatious

Synonyms and antonyms of surreptitious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SURREPTITIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «surreptitious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of surreptitious

Translation of «surreptitious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURREPTITIOUS

Find out the translation of surreptitious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surreptitious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surreptitious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偷偷摸摸的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

furtivo
570 millions of speakers

English

surreptitious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тайком
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clandestino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

furtif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heimlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

秘密裏の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

은밀한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surreptitious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giấu giếm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறைமுகமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संशयास्पद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

furtivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kryptoreklama
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тайком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mascată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκαλυμμένης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

surreptitious
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smyg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

surreptitious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surreptitious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURREPTITIOUS»

The term «surreptitious» is regularly used and occupies the 99.053 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURREPTITIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surreptitious

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2 QUOTES WITH «SURREPTITIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surreptitious.
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Lucy Alibar
I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances.
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Bruce Davison
I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURREPTITIOUS»

Discover the use of surreptitious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surreptitious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Surreptitious Software: Obfuscation, Watermarking, and ...
Surreptitious Software is the first authoritative, comprehensive resource for researchers, developers, and students who want to understand these approaches, the level of security they afford, and the performance penalty they incur.
Jasvir Nagra, Christian Collberg, 2009
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The Surreptitious Speech: Presence Africaine and the ...
While it celebrates the project's forty-year history, The Surreptitious Speech does not naively canonize the journal but rather offers a vibrant discussion and critical reading of its context, characteristics, and significance.
V. Y. Mudimbe, 1992
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Surreptitious Voice
The poems are filled with raw emotions of any type: joy, sadness, anger, fear, pride, love, and many others. This little book of poems isa journey through the heart, mind, and soul.
Adwoa Bonney-Graves, 2011
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Deviant Behavior: Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violations
TABLE 1 Target's Awareness and Definition of the Situat1on in D1fferent Forms of Exploitation Target's definition of the situation Targets awareness Exploitation Exchange Open Coercion Extortion Closed Surreptitious exploitation Fraud the ...
Clifton D. Bryant, 1990
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Manual of Nephrology
The surreptitious cathartic abuser may present with evidence of ECF volume depletion and no history of gastrointestinal losses. The presence of hypokalemic metabolic acidosis and phenolphthalein in the urine may be a clue to this diagnosis.
Robert W. Schrier, 2008
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An Introduction to Policing
Crawford reports that the surreptitious recording of suspects' conversations is an effective investigative technique that, if done properly, can withstand both constitutional and statutory challenges.173 She cites several cases in which the courts ...
John Dempsey, Linda Forst, 2009
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Werner & Ingbar's the Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text
Thyrotoxicosis factitia may also result from patients' surreptitious use of thyroid hormones. This usually occurs in the setting of psychiatric illness. Surreptitious thyroid hormone ingestion is more common in those working in medicine-related  ...
Sidney C. Werner, Sidney H. Ingbar, Lewis E. Braverman, 2005
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Mergers & Acquisitions: An Insider's Guide to the Purchase ...
Although I recommend the Controlled Disclosure approach, I must admit that my clients over the years have fairly evenly divided their approaches to this issue between that and what I call the Surreptitious approach. I will explain what I mean .
Dennis J. Roberts, 2009
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Street Legal: A Guide to Pre-trial Criminal Procedure for ...
Surreptitious entry warrants In rare circumstances, officers may wish to pursue a " sneak and peek" warrant that circumvents normal notice requirements and allows surreptitious entry to observe contraband. United States v. Freitas, 800 F.2d 1 ...
Ken Wallentine, 2007
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The Bad Quarto of Hamlet: A Critical Study
Professor Pollard finally exposed as a misinterpretation of this passage the view that Heminge and Condell were condemning as "stolne and surreptitious copies" all the Shakespearian Quartos which had previously appeared. We meet with ...
George Ian Duthie, 1941

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURREPTITIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surreptitious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surreptitious symbiosis: the relationship between NGO's and …
For now, thanks to surreptitious symbiosis, it is possible to do sustained activism to bring about social change, without becoming part of a 'civil society industry'. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
2
7 things police should consider before surreptitiously sampling DNA
Unless police give up the practice of surreptitious DNA sampling, it will continue to be challenged in court and likely will be decided by the Supreme Court. «Police News, Jul 15»
3
Surreptitious Greek Exit Not So Secret After Varoufakis Slip
Yanis Varoufakis divulged the details on how Greece could sneak out of the euro “without telling anyone.” With a plan to secretly append a new bank account to ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
U.S. marshals arrest voyeurism suspect in Arizona
He served time in prison for burglary, attempt to commit surreptitious videotaping, resisting arrest and surreptitious recording, according to the U.S. Marshals ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
5
Planned Parenthood Federal Funds Challenged by Surreptitious
A new surreptitiously recorded video released by activists this week shows a Planned Parenthood official bluntly describing abortion procedures, and whether ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
Somaliland:The Surreptitious material from the Tattletale
It is hilarious and absurd that the gaoled international secret information publisher known as the WikiLeaks exposed a secret data between Somaliland, ... «SomalilandPress, Jul 15»
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Surreptitious Photos Found Not to Invade Family's Privacy
Although an appellate court decried the "technological home invasion" of a Tribeca family's apartment by a prominent photographer surreptitiously shooting ... «New York Law Journal, Apr 15»
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The surreptitious rise of the online scalper
You really want to go to that concert. You really, really want to go to that game. But by the time you find out about it, it's sold out and tickets on the secondary ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
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Allegiance s01e03 – “Surreptitious Entry” Sneak Peeks
Allegiance is all new tonight with the episode “Surreptitious Entry” and we have three preview clips to get you ready for all the action to come. Following a violent ... «ScreenFad, Feb 15»
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Schumer wants ban on surreptitious GPS tracking
Senator Charles Schumer on Sunday called for new legislation that would make it illegal to track peoples by placing a GPS tracker on their car without their ... «WGRZ-TV, Oct 14»

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