UNDERCOVER WORK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes

Synonyms:

spying; undercover work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("undercover work" is a kind of...):

intelligence; intelligence activity; intelligence operation (the operation of gathering information about an enemy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undercover work"):

espionage (the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets)