concealed

UK/kənˈsiːld/US/kənˈsiːld/

adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,511 of 15,258neutral

Concealed means deliberately hidden from view. A concealed entrance, concealed lighting, concealed from her.

The deliberateness is essential: something concealed was hidden on purpose, where something hidden may simply be out of sight. Concealed entrance is a standard road sign. In law, concealing evidence is an offence in itself. Note concealment; and that in design, concealed lighting and concealed fixings are praised for exactly the quality the word usually condemns.

Definitions of concealed

1adjectiveconcealedDeliberately hidden from view.B2
“A concealed camera in the smoke alarm filmed the thief.”

concealed is a state of being hidden.

Practised in Ways of Looking

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concealed in the wild

There is conflicting evidence regarding the effect that concealed carry has on crime rates.
Concealed carry in the United States
A 2004 literature review by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that there is no link between the existence of laws that allow concealed carry and crime rates.
Concealed carry in the United States
Florida issues a license to carry both concealed weapons and firearms, but others license only the concealed carry of firearms.
Gun laws in the United States by state
In the United States, the opposite of concealed carry is called open carry.
Concealed carry
In some countries and jurisdictions, civilians are legally required to obtain a concealed carry permit in order to possess and carry a firearm.
Concealed carry

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