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- Dictionaryundercover/ˌʌndəˈkʌvə/
adjective
- 1. involving secret work within a community or organization, especially for the purposes of police investigation or espionage: "an undercover police operation"
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secretly and using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or government: He was working undercover at the time, probably for the CIA. He is ordered to go undercover to infiltrate the criminal underworld. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of UNDERCOVER is acting or executed in secret; specifically : employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation. How to use undercover in a sentence.
adverb. us / ˌʌn.dɚˈkʌv.ɚ / uk / ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.ə r/. secretly and using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or government: He was working undercover at the time, probably for the CIA. He is ordered to go undercover to infiltrate the criminal underworld. More examples.
Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police. ...an undercover operation designed to catch people smugglers. ...undercover FBI agents.
Undercover means secret or disguised. A police department might send undercover officers dressed as clowns to investigate a corrupt circus.
Undercover definition: working or done out of public sight; secret. See examples of UNDERCOVER used in a sentence.
Definition of undercover adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
