Dan Brown

Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.

American Author

Alan Furst

The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters.

Anthony McCarten

My routine is to create activities for myself unrelated to writing that allow little time for writing. This means that when I do get the chance to write, it is like a stolen luxury, something clandestine and almost forbidden.

New Zealander Novelist

Jose Serrano

The government can still conduct clandestine searches of innocent people's private information such as library, medical, and financial records. This is wrong and should have been addressed in a true compromise.

American Politician

Orhan Pamuk

I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city's clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love.

Novelist

Matthew Nable

I tend to keep things that bother me clandestine... well-hidden. I'm also not very good at recognising the reasons that change my moods - they just seem to happen, which is not great for those around me.

Australian Actor

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

French people should be prioritised; clandestine immigrants get 100 per cent refund on healthcare while two-thirds of French people can't afford medical help. Charity begins at home.

French Politician

Benjamin Wittes

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required to do so.

American Journalist

David Blunkett

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

British Politician

Angela Davis

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

American Activist

Clandestine often implies wrongdoing or deception.

Negative Connotation

'Clandestine' doesn't solely mean illegal; it can be any secret action to avoid attention.

Not Always Illegal

Clandestine can refer to a person secretly present or involved in an area or organization.

Persona Non Grata

When referring to relationships, 'clandestine' often implies a hidden intimacy.

Intimacy Implication

'Clandestine' may suggest efforts to avoid being seen or recorded.

Evading Surveillance

In films, 'clandestine' is often used to describe spy or thriller activities.

Cultural References

 As advisor to the NAACP youth group council, she helped young people navigate segregated systems including voter registration and whites-only libraries. Through the cover of the NAACP, Parks strived to bring clandestine civil rights activities into the open. She advocated for civil disobedience training

The hidden life of Rosa...

 a secret institution that provided clandestine education to Polish youth. By saving money and working as a governess and tutor, she eventually was able to move to Paris to study at the reputed Sorbonne. There, Marie earned both a physics and mathematics degree surviving largely on bread and tea,

The genius of Marie...

 Operators had to lug a conspicuous transmitter through enemy territory, and the clandestine agency couldn’t protect her if she was caught. Noor accepted her assignment immediately. While she was determined to take her pacifist principles as far as possible,

From pacifist to spy:...

 It mimics the sound of the kiskadee flycatcher. So the female remains covert, even when yodeling for sex at the top of her lungs. Her clandestine booty calls will carry for miles across the canopy, and males will beat a slow path towards her.

Sloths! The strange life...

 And so, here's the design, right? And so here's the front and the spine, and it's flat. But the real story starts when you wrap it around a book and put it on the shelf. Ahh! We come upon them, the clandestine lovers. Let's draw them out.

The hilarious art of...

 to take charge of a program to research and develop an atomic weapon. It would require tremendous resources. Of that, I have no doubt. I need wide latitude to manage the project-- the scientists, the military, clandestine operations.

The Letter That Led to...

 the three sisters organized and attended clandestine meetings and distributed pamphlets detailing Trujillo’s violations. In January of 1960, they called representatives together from all over the country

Who were Las Mariposas,...

 State forces terrorized farmers to stop them from joining or aiding the guerrillas. But one group of rebels would not be the operators of Radio Venceremos. This clandestine guerrilla radio began in 1981,

The rebel radio that...

 for the body to be completely disarticulated consumed and widely spread and so using all these different tools have been helpful to understand this very hidden clandestine process

A New Age of Exploration...

 I'm not going to lie, it's always a rush getting access to these clandestine worlds. The cocaine pit, the starting point