hugger-mugger

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hugger-mugger Definition

• (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"
• (r) in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
• (s) in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
• (s) 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 mobilizati

hugger-mugger Synonyms

• clandestine
• cloak-and-dagger
• disorderly
• higgledy-piggledy
• hole-and-corner(a)
• hugger-mugger
• hush-hush
• jumbled
• mumbo jumbo
• on the quiet(p)
• secret
• surreptitious
• topsy-turvy
• undercover
• underground