hugger-mugger
- 网络秘密的;混乱的;胡言乱语;杂乱地;杂乱
hugger-mugger
noun
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- a state of confusion
- he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance
adj
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- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- clandestine intelligence operations
- cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
- hole-and-corner intrigue
- secret missions
- a secret agent
- secret sales of arms
- surreptitious mobilization of troops
- an undercover investigation
- underground resistance
- Synonym: clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground
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- in utter disorder
- a disorderly pile of clothes
- Synonym: disorderly higgledy-piggledy jumbled topsy-turvy
adv
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- in secrecy
- they did it all hugger-mugger
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