"non-official cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: non-official covers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-official cover (plural non-official covers)
  1. (espionage) The assumption of a covert role in an organization which does not have ties to the government of the operative in question. Wikipedia link: non-official cover Categories (topical): Espionage Synonyms: NOC Hypernyms: cover Translations (assumption of a covert role in an organization which does not have ties to the government): 非官方臥底 (Chinese Mandarin), 非官方卧底 (fēiguānfāng wòdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), epävirallinen peiterooli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-non-official_cover-en-noun-DdT2dgEQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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