hole-and-corner

Shady and secretive, typically to hide illicit activity. Primarily heard in UK. You can be sure there's some hole-and-corner activities going on in that private club. A: "Use this cell phone if you need to contact me." B: "Wow, OK, so we're going full hole-and-corner with this investigation, huh?" I know I said I wanted to meet you in private, but you didn't have to be so hole-and-corner about it. A parking garage isn't what I had in mind.

See also:

hole-in-the-corner
merchandise
stolen fruit is (the) sweetest
stolen fruit is sweet
stolen fruit is sweetest
stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest
on the shady side of
throw in with
throw in with (one)
shady

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