COVERT OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does covert operation mean? 

• COVERT OPERATION (noun)
  The noun COVERT OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor

  Familiarity information: COVERT OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COVERT OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("covert operation" is a kind of...):

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "covert operation"):

black operation (a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out)