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UNDERCOVER OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operation involving secret work within a community or institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("undercover operation" is a kind of...):
operation (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undercover operation"):
buy-and-bust operation (an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers)