covert

Meanings

• a flock of coots
• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
  • "the brush provided a covert for game"
• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
  • "covert actions by the CIA"
  • "covert funding for the rebels"
• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
  • "a woman covert"

Synonyms

concealment, cover, screen