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Meaning of sneaky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsniːki

Definitions

Any device used for covert surveillance.

slang

Equivalents

العربية مخادع
Беларуская баязлі́вы хітры
Български подъл таен
Bosanski лукав
Français fourbe furtif insaisissable sournois
Hrvatski лукав
日本語
Latina perfidus
Latviešu zaglīgs
Македонски лукав подмолен
Nederlands geniepig gluiperig
Português esquivo malandro
Српски лукав
Türkçe sinsi sofistike

Examples

“[…] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.”
“[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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