Category:Surreptitious

Sur`rep*ti"tious, a. Etym: [l. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. Surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See sub-, and ravish.]

Defn: done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or Introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious Passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.