clandestine operation

1. 1.

   an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment

   Broaderintelligence

   Narrowerexfiltration operation

Questions about clandestine operation

What does clandestine operation mean?

clandestine operation means "an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment".

Is clandestine operation a common word?

clandestine operation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.