 | English  | German |  |
 | mil. pol. classified {adj} [officially secret] | 440 geheim |  |
 | closet {adj} [attr.] [secret, e.g. smoker, homosexual, communist, gambler] | 324 heimlich [z. B. Raucher, Homosexueller, Kommunist, Spieler] |  |
 | sly {adj} [secret, hidden] | 286 heimlich [verschmitzt, versteckt] |  |
 | deep {adj} [mystery, secret] | 267 dunkel [fig.] [Geheimnis, Rätsel etc.] |  |
 | confidential {adj} [secret] | 136 geheim |  |
 | leaked {adj} {past-p} [secret information disseminated] | 106 zugespielt [konspirativ zur Kenntnis gebracht] |  |
 | clandestine {adj} [secret, concealed] | 55 klandestin [geh.] [heimlich, verborgen] |  |
 | backdoor {adj} [secret] | 18 heimlich |  |
 | closet {adj} [attr.] [kept secret from others, hidden] | 16 verkappt [heimlich, insgeheim] |  |
 | untold {adj} [secret] | 15 ungelüftet [nicht enthüllt] |  |
 | dark {adj} [secret] | 12 geheim |  |
 | dern {adj} [secret] [archaic or regional] | 11 geheim |  |
| Verbs |
 | to divulge sth. [a secret, sensitive information, etc.] | 3545 etw.Akk. enthüllen [fig.] [geh.] [ein Geheimnis, sensible Informationen etc.] |  |
 | to bug sth. [to install secret listening devices in or on sth.] | 723 etw.Akk. verwanzen [etw. mit Abhörwanzen versehen] |  |
 | to impart sth. [secret] | 123 etw.Akk. preisgeben |  |
 | to blow sth. [coll.] [secret] | 58 etw. verraten |  |
 | to blab [coll.] [tattle, betray a secret] | 34 klatschen [ugs.] [schwatzen] |  |
 | to broadcast sth. [secret] | 10 etw. austrompeten |  |
 | electr. to bug sth. [to install secret listening devices in or on sth.] | Wanzen in / an etw.Dat. installieren [Abhörwanzen] |  |
 | to hide sth. [keep secret] | etw.Akk. geheim halten |  |
 | to probe sb. [in order to find out secret or hidden information] | jdm. auf den Zahn fühlen [ugs.] [Redewendung] |  |
| Nouns |
 | intel {sg} [coll.] [(useful) information, esp. military information collected about an enemy's secret plans] | 553 Informationen {pl} [bes. Geheimdienstinformationen] |  |
 | assignation [secret rendezvous] | 150 Verabredung {f} [geheimes Rendezvous] |  |
 | betrayal [of secret] | 121 Preisgabe {f} |  |
 | archi. closet [secret room] | 94 Geheimzimmer {n} |  |
 | creep [sl.] [spy, secret agent] | 78 Spion {m} |  |
 | jobs operative [secret agent] | 65 Geheimagent {m} |  |
 | activities [secret, forbidden, or subversive] | 43 Umtriebe {pl} |  |
 | intelligence {sg} [secret service information] | 43 Geheimdienstinformationen {pl} |  |
 | operative [secret service] | 16 Agent {m} [Geheimdienst] |  |
 | stiff [Am.] [sl.] [secret message from prison] | 15 Kassiber {m} |  |
 | murmuring [semi-secret communication] | 13 Geraune {n} |  |
 | law privity [shared secret knowledge] | 12 Mitwisserschaft {f} |  |
 | admin. declassification [official release of secret documents, information, etc.] | 8 Freigabe {f} [von geheimen Dokumenten, Informationen usw.] |  |
 | hist. pol. KGB [Committee for State Security; former Soviet secret service] | 6 KGB {n} {m} [Komitee für Staatssicherheit beim Ministerrat der UdSSR; ehem. sowjetischer Geheimdienst] |  |
 | MI6 [coll.] [formerly Military Intelligence section 6, now named Secret Intelligence Service] | 5 MI6 {m} [der britische Nachrichtendienst] |  |
 | paramour [(illicit or secret) lover] | 5 Paramour {m} [Liebhaber, Geliebte] [veraltet] |  |
 | student [particularly of something secret or exotic] [also hum.] | 5 Adept {m} |  |
 | [assassination by some secret political organization] | Fememord {m} |  |
 | backhander [Br.] [coll.] [secret payment] | heimliche Zahlung {f} |  |
 | pol. ballot [secret ballot] [type of voting] | geheime Wahl {f} |  |
 | hist. pol. Carbonari [a 19th century Italian Unitarian secret society] | Carbonari {pl} [auch: Karbonari] [italienischer, unitaristischer Geheimbund im 19. Jahrhundert] |  |
 | mouth [esp. Irish] [sl.] [pej.] [sb. who talks too much, a secret leaker] | Schwätzer {m} [pej.] [jd. der schwätzt, schwatzt, Geheimnisse ausplaudert] |  |
| 2 Words: Others |
 | eyes-only {adj} [strictly confidential, top secret] | streng geheim [streng vertraulich] |  |
 | well-kept {adj} [secret] | wohlgehütet [Geheimnis] |  |
 | well-protected {adj} [secret etc.] | wohlgehütet |  |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
 | to conspire against sb./sth. [make secret plans] | sichAkk. gegen jdn./etw. zusammentun [konspirieren] |  |
 | to entrust sth. to sb. [money, a mission, a secret, etc.] | jdm. etw. anvertrauen [Geld, eine Mission, ein Geheimnis etc.] |  |
 | to share sth. with sb. [sth. "secret", without harming anyone; e.g. a recipe] | jdm. etw.Akk. verraten [etw. „Geheimes“, ohne jdm. zu schaden; z. B. ein Kochrezept] |  |
 | to vomit out [fig.] [words, secret] | ausspucken [ugs.] |  |
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