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UNDERCOVER OPERATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undercover operation mean?
• UNDERCOVER OPERATION (noun)
The noun UNDERCOVER OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. an operation involving secret work within a community or institution
Familiarity information: UNDERCOVER OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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