cloaked 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of cloakednext
as in shrouded

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cloaked

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verb

past tense of cloak
1
as in disguised
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory

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2
as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloaked
  1. concealed
  2. obscured
  3. masked
  4. covered
  5. shadowy
Verb
  • The octopus’ position on the board is concealed, playing cards to bluff about their location, and sneaking around the board trying to grab its food.
    James Palmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Wicked café too had a backdrop which resembled the movie set as a screen showing the wizard's mask was partly concealed by a curtain which looked like one from the film.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of concealed
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  • But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Madigan’s federal trial has highlighted how the ex-speaker and fellow Democrats got around contribution limits and obscured the identities of donors by using politicians as middlemen who would collect contributions and send them, as directed, to other candidates.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscured
Adjective
  • Police said Thompson was walking from his hotel toward the venue when he was ambushed by a masked gunman around 6:45 a.m.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • More than 400 tips were called into the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers tip line during the five-day search for a masked gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of masked
Verb
  • The first season covered the novel's first half, in which Louis shares, in flashbacks, what happened between him and the enigmatic vampire Lestat (Sam Reid) with journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Thanks to the Byrd rule, any bill passed under reconciliation cannot increase the deficit beyond the fiscal years covered—that's usually limited to 10 years (and why tax cuts rarely last forever).
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of covered
Adjective
  • Prayer beads in a ring, bracelet or rosary — Prayer beads can soothe the shadowy self within us.
    Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Thus far the narratives fall into three categories: private drones, those deployed by hostile foreign actors, those belonging to US authorities on a shadowy unacknowledged mission.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of shadowy
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