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comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest
Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries examples
Dishonest; deceitful. examples
plural sneakies
(espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance. quotations
[…] 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.
1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage, page 244
[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks