surreption

From Latin surreptio, or subreptio. Compare subreption.

• (US) IPA^(key): /səˌɹɛpˈʃən/, /ˌsʌɹəpˈʃən/

surreption (plural surreptions)

1. The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
   • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers:

     Fame by surreption got / May stead us for the time, but lasteth not.

2. (obsolete, law)This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. An unperceived or sudden arrival.

• “surreption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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