"How can you be certain that they haven't been secretly arming themselves?"
Inkatha was secretly armed by the Government's security forces.
A casual glance had told him that many of these lords were secretly armed for all their fine clothes and arrogant ways.
He knew that both the Federation and Cardassia had been secretly arming their colonists.
Give him hostages as a guarantee and permit the Romans to send inspectors regularly to make sure we're not secretly arming.
His mission was to deny, in person, recent reports that the United States had been secretly arming the Bosnians.
I also believe that some large American companies were still supplying and secretly arming Germany at that time.
Then we will be armed, secretly armed.
This willing resignation is a far more palatable solution than admitting to secretly arming the Tezwans.
Mahnmut felt the same sickness he'd been touched by when he'd learned their ship to Mars had been secretly armed.