What word describes someone that hides in public?
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For example a public figure, celebrity, authority, teacher that secretly conducts unlawful or unsavoury behaviour. Is there a specific word for this?
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Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
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Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
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Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
– Phil Sweet
6 mins ago
Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
– Phil Sweet
6 mins ago
Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
– Phil Sweet
6 mins ago
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Surreptitious. See discussion under synonyms. Please add a sentence or two with a blank to help define the word type and register you are after.
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