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  • 61sneaked — snɪːk n. one who acts in a shifty and underhanded manner, base or contemptible person; informer (Slang); thief; act of sneaking v. creep, slink, skulk; behave in an underhanded manner; do something or take something in a furtive manner; inform… …

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  • 62sneaks — snɪːk n. one who acts in a shifty and underhanded manner, base or contemptible person; informer (Slang); thief; act of sneaking v. creep, slink, skulk; behave in an underhanded manner; do something or take something in a furtive manner; inform… …

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  • 63snuck — snɪːk n. one who acts in a shifty and underhanded manner, base or contemptible person; informer (Slang); thief; act of sneaking v. creep, slink, skulk; behave in an underhanded manner; do something or take something in a furtive manner; inform… …

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  • 64dastardly — adjective, dated their dastardly plan to kidnap Hayes Syn: wicked, evil, heinous, villainous, diabolical, fiendish, barbarous, cruel, black, dark, rotten, vile, monstrous, abominable, despicable, degenerate …

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  • 65trick — [[t]trɪk[/t]] n. 1) a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, or stratagem intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse 2) a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank 3) a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the… …

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  • 66aboveboard — [adj] candid forthright, frank, honest, open, overt, right on*, square, straight, straightforward, straight from shoulder*, true, trustworthy, truthful, up front*, veracious; concept 404 Ant. deceitful, devious, lying, shady, underhanded… …

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  • 67secret — [sē′krit] adj. [OFr < L secretus, pp. of secernere, to set apart < se , apart (see SECEDE) + cernere, to sift, distinguish: see HARVEST] 1. kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons 2. withdrawn, remote …

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  • 68sneak — [snēk] vi. ☆ sneaked or Informal snuck, sneaking [prob. < OE * snecan, akin to snican, to crawl: for IE base see SNAIL] 1. to move quietly and stealthily so as to avoid being seen or heard; go furtively 2. to be a sneak; behave in a stealthy,… …

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  • 69back door — noun 1. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position) (Freq. 1) he got his job through the back door • Syn: ↑backdoor • Hypernyms: ↑access 2. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains …

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  • 70back stairs — 1. stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants. 2. a means of intrigue. [1620 30] * * * back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded… …

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