covert operations, n.Definitions

Covert operations (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a rough gauge of popular dissent: when propaganda fails to tame the population, the state goes underground.

Covert operations (n.) under ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Kennedy's Operation Mongoose were meant to visit "the terrors of the earth" on Castro: paramilitary raids, economic warfare and sabotage.