clandestine operations, n.All

Clandestine operations (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a rough gauge of popular dissent: the more a government must hide its violence, the more its people have constrained it.