
"he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
"a disorderly pile of clothes"
"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"
"they did it all hugger-mugger"