sneaky

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsniːki/

Adjective

sneaky (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest)

1. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

   Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!

2. Dishonest; deceitful.

   They played a sneaky trick on us.

Synonyms

• slippery
• evasive, dodgy

Related terms

• sneak

Translations

• French: insaisissable, furtif
• German: raffiniert
• Italian: furtivo, sfuggevole, sfuggente
• Portuguese: malandro, esquivo
• Russian: хитрый
• Spanish: escurridizo

Translations

• French: sournois, fourbe
• German: duckmäuserig, hinterhältig
• Italian: spione, mancino, disonesto, malandrino, subdolo
• Portuguese: malandro
• Russian: по́длый
• Spanish: marrullero

Noun

sneaky (plural sneakies)

1. (espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.
   • 1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage (page 244)

     […] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.

   • 1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks

     […] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.

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