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(noun) a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
hugger-mugger
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(adjective) in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
jumbled, disorderly, topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger
means
(adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
secret, surreptitious, hugger-mugger, hole-and-corner, underground, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, clandestine, undercover
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(adverb) in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
hugger-mugger
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