Hugger-mugger used in a sentence

a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"

in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

See also: disorderly higgledy-piggledy jumbled topsy-turvy

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"

See also: clandestine cloak-and-dagger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground

in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"