Meaning of cover name | Babel Free

Definitions

A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.

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Examples

“By the time that he landed in New York early in June, 1915, Sir Edgar Speyer had good cause to be well aware that the Government was strongly opposed to any communication, direct⟳ or indirect, with enemy country and to all attempts to evade the censorship of letters and cables, whether by the use⟳ of code words or cover⟳ names;”

“1941, Richard Krebs (as Jan Valtin), Out of the Night, New York: Alliance Book Corporation, Chapter 31, p. 493, The map of Germany was in my head—its cities, rivers, railroad schedules. I memorized a long string of names and cover⟳ names […]”

“[…] his headquarters were located, under a cover⟳ name⟳, at the air terminal.”

“‘That’s a new one for us, isn’t it, Toby? A spy using his own⟳ name⟳ as a covername? I mean⟳ why bother any more? You’re Toby, so we’ll keep⟳ it a secret and call⟳ you Toby instead. Great.’”

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