hugger-mugger

Meanings

• a state of confusion;
• "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
• act stealthily or secretively
• in utter disorder;
• "a disorderly pile of clothes"
• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
• "clandestine intelligence operations"
• "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
• "hole-and-corner intrigue"
• "secret missions"
• "a secret agent"
• "secret sales of arms"
• "surreptitious mobilization of troops"
• "an undercover investigation"
• "underground resistance"
• in secrecy;
• "they did it all hugger-mugger"

Synonyms

• hugger-mugger
• hugger mugger
• disorderly
• higgledy-piggledy
• jumbled
• topsy-turvy
• clandestine
• cloak-and-dagger
• hole-and-corner
• hush-hush
• secret
• surreptitious
• undercover
• underground

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