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backstairsadjective undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by othersan influential Washington lobbyist who has been involved in a number of backstairs deals to limit regulation of financial institutions behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, secret, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded back-channel, closed-door, off-the-books, off-the-recordclassified, confidential, restricted, top secret, undisclosedconcealed, hidden, secreted, subterranean, unadvertised, unexposed open, overt, public acknowledged, avowedaboveboard, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguisedunclassified, unrestrictedclear, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain in 1663 |