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Clandestine
Answer for the clue "Clandestine ", 8 letters:
backdoor
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of back door English) vb. (alternative spelling of back door English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also back-door , "devious, shady, illegal," 1640s. The notion is of business done out of public view. The noun back door in the literal sense is from 1520s, from back (adj.) + door . The association with sodomy is at least from 19c.; compare also back-door ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backdoor \Back"door"\, a. Acting from behind and in concealment; backstairs; as, backdoor intrigues.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Backdoor is a 2000 Greek coming of age film
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a backdoor diplomatic solution EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is a move that many see as backdoor nationalisation. ▪ Paid $ 100 for it in a backdoor transaction.
Usage examples of backdoor.
Henry crossed to his backdoor and went into the kitchen, where I could see him through the window, scrubbing up at the sink.
Blanche was just banging through the backdoor with four-year-old Josh on her hip, his legs hanging way past her knees.
For the six months Augustine rented from us, Dow would go off to work and the next thing you know, Crystal would come sneaking out her backdoor, through the trees, and into the cottage.
Once inside the backdoor, I was careful to wipe my feet on the shaggy cotton door mat provided for that purpose.
The backdoor was half glass and I could see an old woman in a housedress fussing with a coven of cats.
Maybe someone had gone out for a moment, leaving the backdoor open for convenience.
Now, instead of looking for certain key words and forwarding files that contained them to his computer, the backdoor carried out Galdamiz’s new order: to route copies of all new files that showed up on Latham’s computer to his own.
Iino located several backdoor programs in the colony’s computer system, which they traced back to Mr.
He then sent a copy of the MailBlocker virus to Vlast in Bulgaria and, to Phate, Gillette’s own version of Backdoor-G.
He knew instantly: the picture supposedly sent by Vlast had in fact been e-mailed to him by Wyatt Gillette to implant a backdoor virus in his computer.
So far, paying for the wine while killing time in a small taverna, waiting for the sightseeing trip to begin, was his only contribution to the backdoor reconnaissance of the villa.
Enid took up a wide canvas tote and disappeared through the utility room, moving toward the backdoor.
We made our hasty excuses, moving out of Henry's backdoor and across to my place without exchanging a word.
And, right now, Preacher was coming hard up the backdoor step of the classroom with his gladhanding deacons in tow.
Somewhere in the early morning hours Tizzy stirred, just for a moment, she surfaced long enough to hear the backdoor screen.