sneaky
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sneaky (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest)
- Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
- Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
- Dishonest; deceitful.
- They played a sneaky trick on us.
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difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
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dishonest; deceitful
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Further reading[edit]
- “sneaky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sneaky”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Noun[edit]
sneaky (plural sneakies)
- (espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.
- 1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage, page 244:
- […] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
- 1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks:
- […] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
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