cloak-and-dagger operation

The cloak-and-dagger operation worked, fending off paparazzi from converging on Valley.

His was hardly a cloak-and-dagger operation with hard-to-remember codes, double identities and safe houses behind enemy lines.

"It was a cloak-and-dagger operation by Pakistan, which concealed the transaction."

This is not some cloak-and-dagger operation.

Through it all, Van Gundy has been able to focus on the game despite the cloak-and-dagger operations at Madison Square Garden.

A19 Hezbollah's leader said an Israeli taken captive by the group was a spy who had been lured to Beirut in a cloak-and-dagger operation.

He's said to have a prosthetic 10th finger to hide his identity during cloak-and-dagger operations.

As Nathaniel recalls his occasional encounters with his father, the architect's comings and goings from one family to another had the feel of a cloak-and-dagger operation.

Truscott had been placed in charge of cloak-and-dagger operations in a vital part of Europe.

Sandecker could cry poor mouth and point at Langley all he wanted, but he was well acquainted with cloak-and-dagger operations.