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The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.

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  1. n. The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
  2. n. A coming unperceived or suddenly.
  3. 1. The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth. Fame by surreption got May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. B. Jonson. 2. A coming unperceived or suddenly.