Hugger Mugger
[n] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
[adv] in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
[adj] 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"
[adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
[v] act stealthily
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Synonyms
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hole-and-corner(a), hush-hush, jumbled, mumbo jumbo, on the quiet(p), secret, surreptitious, topsy-turvy, undercover, underground, untidy
Related Terms
airtight secrecy, all over, all over hell, anarchic, arsy-varsy, ass-backwards, back-door, backstairs, balled up, black out, bollixed up, by stealth, censor, chaotic, clandestine, close secrecy, closeness, concealment, confused, covert, covertly, crypticn