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English > 1 sense of the expression clandestine operation:
NOUNactclandestine operationan intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment
English > clandestine operation: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningAn intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment.
Narrowerexfiltration operationA clandestine rescue operation to bring a defector or refugee or an operative and family out of danger
Broaderintelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operationThe operation of gathering information about an enemy / enemy