I. adjective
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■ NOUN
action
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This whole business of covert action .
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Thoughtful, well-reasoned covert action , lawfully reported to Congress, can be a tremendous foreign-policy instrument for a president.
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Though this derives from psychological studies of covert actions types, it would be waste to leave it at that.
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One wonders whether that overt gesture really was meant to stifle covert action .
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He was an enthusiast for covert action .
operation
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None of them had been trained in covert operations other than when dealing with criminals.
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He said in a 1994 interview that as prime minister he rejected a military plan to sell heroin to finance covert operations .
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Police shut down the new business, called Kim's, last week after a covert operation .
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Friday morning they organized a covert operation , modeled on many others over the years, to take control of Artis Hill.
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He says that the Gemini squad will be seen in uniform, but there are also more covert operations .
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Better to buy time with covert operations and the steady working of violence, crime and racketeering than to risk vote-endangering controversy.
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Miller never did find out how to set up a covert operation .
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A covert investigation was conducted to catch the drug-smuggling ring.
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The abuse of residents in the home was confirmed by covert video surveillance.
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The chief investigator resigned, amid allegations of covert and probably illegal operations.
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Because of the substantial practical advantages, the bulk of this chapter will be devoted to covert sensitization.
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But the media are not Rasputin with a covert or overt political agenda.
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Controlled studies to date of the effectiveness of covert sensitization offer mixed results.
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In my own research, some covert use was made of a micro-recorder and tapes were later transcribed.
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Usually it is covert and can only be diagnosed by specifically measuring blood lipids.
II. noun
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He was helped by Athena to drive them out of their coverts, and as they flew up he shot them.
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Lack of red on under tail coverts distinguishes from all other black and white woodpeckers, except Three-toed.
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Like a miniature short-billed Water Rail, with unspotted underparts, barred under tail coverts and green bill.
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Plumage grey-brown, darker on underparts, with white under tail coverts.
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Red of juvenile, both on crown and under tail coverts, is rather pale.
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The only waterfowl with both red forehead and habit of constantly flirting white under tail coverts.
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White eyestripe and under tail coverts.