undercover operation


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an operation involving secret work within a community or institution

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Hawley did not denounce the undercover operation. Instead, he took to Twitter to use the negative publicity to his advantage.
And Mayor Joe Anderson has repeated his warning that any cabbie found to be involved with the seedy sex deals will be punished - with more undercover operations set to take place.
"The victim may feel that they are doing a public service by helping the police and for some it may seem exciting to part of an undercover operation, but this is not the case and it's simply a thief's way of enticing a victim so they can steal their money.
An undercover operation led to the arrest of a man who claimed to have ability to treat incurable diseases and solving personal problems.
WASHINGTON -- The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as businesspeople, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors or ministers to ferret out wrongdoing, records and interviews show.
TWO heroin addicts were yesterday charged with dealing the drug after an undercover operation.
The pair were found out when South Wales Police staged a fake undercover operation which the defendants thought was real, prosecutor David Roberts said.
According to the non-profit, National Fair Housing Alliance, which is believed to have conducted an undercover operation at Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC), the bank discriminated against potential Latino borrowers.
The "deeply traumatised" victim called police, who launched an undercover operation. Barton, of Douglas, Isle of Man, admitted a "loathsome" blackmail bid and was jailed for three years and two months.
A TEENAGER was able to use a fake identity card featuring a photo of a cartoon character from a TV show to purchase alcohol during an undercover operation by trading standards.
UK Border Agency officers launched an undercover operation after receiving intelligence.
During one, two-year undercover operation, this author and his team laundered $34 million.
Park rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa recently took part in an undercover operation to rescue a baby eastern lowland gorilla from poachers.
The investigative team planned an undercover operation to arrest the second suspect.