closed-door
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌkləʊzdˈdɔːr/us/ˌkloʊzdˈdɔːr/(alsoclosed-doors)(of ameeting,trial, etc.) takingplacewithoutmembersof thepublicpresent, or without thepublicbeingallowedtoknowwhat is said:
Fewdetailsemergedfrom the closed-doormeetingof thecommittee.
They gavetheirreportto a closed-doorssessionof the UNsecuritycouncil.
Acourtreporteraccidentallyreleasedtranscriptsof closed-doortestimony.
- Closed-doortalksamonglegislativeleadersfailedtoyieldanagreement.
- Aftermonthsof closed-doordiscussions,HouseRepublicansunveiledtheirplans.
- Thevictims'familiesarefightingtherulingthat it should be a closed-doorsinquiry.
- He wastriedandsentencedin less than fivehoursat a closed-doortrial.
- Thejudgesaid thatmediashould not beallowedin the closed-doorhearing.
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- down-low
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- pseudonymization
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom