Hugger-mugger

n.	1.	Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. - Fuller.
	2.	Confusion; disorder.
a.	1.	Secret; clandestine; sly.
	2.	Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

Noun	1.	hugger-mugger - a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance" Synonyms: mumbo jumbo
Adj.	1.	hugger-mugger - in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy, disorderly
	2.	hugger-mugger - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" Synonyms: hush-hush, on the quiet, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, undercover, underground, hole-and-corner, secret, surreptitious
Adv.	1.	hugger-mugger - in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"