surreption
- noun
- /səˈrɛpʃən/
- Archaic
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surrepción
- The spymaster's surreption led to the successful infiltration of enemy lines without detection.
Examples
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The company lost valuable data due to surreption by a former employee.
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The confidential report was obtained through surreption rather than official channels.
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He was accused of surreption after accessing the files without permission.
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The surreption of the plans was unexpected.
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They executed the surreption with great care.
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Through surreption, the journalist uncovered valuable secrets that were hidden from the public.
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He achieved his goals by surreption, working quietly behind the scenes to secure his position.
Synonyms
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2.7
Being where other people cannot find you to stay safe
117
6.5
Quiet movement to avoid being seen or heard
66
4.6
The act of secretly watching people or places to get information
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4.6
A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen
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5.7
A secret action by a government or army to avoid being noticed
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5.0
Secret work by police or agents who hide their identity to gather evidence
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5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
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4.8
Objects that hide parts of a stage from the audience
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7.7
A secret activity planned and done to stay hidden, often by spies or soldiers
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6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
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3.5
Plants or structures that block the view to give privacy
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5.3
An act of hiding something so people do not know about it
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7.3
Quiet and secret actions to avoid being noticed
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7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
Habit of doing things in a hidden way
Being secret so other people do not know about it
Antonyms
How Secret
Surface Forms
Morphology
surreption = surrept + ion
The element 'surrept-' is a Latin combining form not a standalone English base, so an average learner cannot derive the meaning from recognizable English components.
Etymology
Surreption comes from the Latin verb surripere, made of parts meaning 'under' (sub-) and 'take' (rapere), so it originally meant 'to take secretly'. A helpful link is the English word surreptitious, and that is why surreption means doing something secretly or by stealth.