secret file

collocation in English

meaningsofsecretandfile

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secret
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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file
noun
uk
/faɪl/us
/faɪl/
any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters, and other documents in an ordered way, especially in ...
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(Definition ofsecretandfilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The interviewer may even keep asecretfileof his own which he seals up.
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He was accused of seeking $50,000 in exchange for asecretfileon the investigation.
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Upon completing the game, the player is given access to asecretfilewhich reveals some of the backstory.
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She claimed that she had fallen in love with the man from a picture she had seen in asecretfileand wanted to live with him.
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However, compromises were reached on data protection, access to secret files and cooperation with other institutions on fundamental rights.
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Information concerning the number of secret files is not available.
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It is a bit like the secret files that we see in television programmes.
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In old age he has, with great simplicity, taken up the cause of small people ruined by secret files...
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It replaces complex areas on the bit-planes of the vessel image with other complex data patterns (i.e., pieces of secret files).
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William's main goal has been to crack his father's memory tower, containing his most secret files.
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