undercover operation


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Noun1.undercover operation - an operation involving secret work within a community or institutionundercover operation - an operation involving secret work within a community or institution
operation - a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"
buy-and-bust operation - an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers
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