covert


covert (http://definr.com/covert)

     adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
            shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
            funding for the rebels" [ant: overt]
     2: (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband
     n 1: a flock of coots
     2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
        "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
        darkness" [syn: screen, cover, concealment]