hugger-mugger

/'hʌgə,mʌgə/

Adjective

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 utter disorder
- a disorderly pile of clothes

Adverb

in secrecy
- they did it all hugger-mugger

Noun

a state of confusion
- he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance

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hugger-mugger — They found the documents in a hugger-mugger pile on the floor.