hugger-mugger

(r) in secrecy
- they did it all hugger-mugger
(s) in utter disorder
- a disorderly pile of clothes
higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy, disorderly,
(s) 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
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, undercover, hole-and-corner, secret, surreptitious, underground,

(n) a state of confusion
- he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance

higgledy-piggledy jumbled topsy-turvy disorderly clandestine cloak-and-dagger hush-hush undercover hole-and-corner secret surreptitious underground