Oxford Dictionary English undercover adjectiveadjective BrE BrE//ˌʌndəˈkʌvə(r)// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌʌndərˈkʌvər// [usually before noun] The police Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsworking or done secretly in order to find out information for the police, a government, etc. an undercover agent an undercover operation/investigation Oxford Collocations DictionaryUndercover is used with these nouns: agent, detective, mission, … See full entry See related entries: The police Wordfinderpolicearrest, charge, cordon, detain, detective, interrogate, plain clothes, police, raid, undercoverSee undercover in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: undercover oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
