cloak-and-daggery

English

Etymology

cloak-and-dagger +‎ -y

Noun

cloak-and-daggery (plural cloak-and-daggeries)

  1. Espionage, secrecy.
    • 2025 August 15, Philip Stephens, “Ireland's ‘British question’”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
      [Richard] Moore's climb to the pinnacle of British cloak-and-daggery is a measure of the curious intimacy that sits alongside the ancient enmities that have often described Anglo-Irish relations.
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