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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
privy information on the current state of the peace negotiations
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
privy meetings between high-level representatives from both sides for the purpose of bringing about an armistice
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
a privy seal that can be used only by the British monarch
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as in outhouse
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Recent Examples of privy
Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
Steele told me how witnessing this coming of Victory is a guide to ownership in hip-hop culture, as most acts of that era were not necessarily privy on exactly how to commercialize their real rap.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
An investigation was launched after Simmons accused Charles of bugging her office and being privy to Board of Education information he was not entitled to, officials wrote.
—Tanasia Kenney The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 8 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
As the crisis reached fever pitch, on October 23 news arrived from the Queen’s privy chamber.
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The upside for the league is that major transfers are not just the privy of a select few clubs.
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.—
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For anonymous, confidential help, people can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224.—
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The show’s original pair of fathers, who secretly orchestrate the clandestine love affair between their children, are now mothers.—
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Saimar Rivas, Armas’s partner and a longtime civil-rights activist, told me that he had been taken to a clandestine site run by the SEBIN, Venezuela’s intelligence agency.—
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Investigators also found that Cowles linked his company card to his personal PayPal account and transferred funds to third parties.—
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Use moodier colors and personal details to create a cozy, lived-in feel.—
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From the penthouse to the outhouse — that describes the plummeting trajectory of Mass. State Police Capt. Thomas McCarthy’s income over the last year.—
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Fresh-faced and newly in love, with not much else to look forward to in a dark, gloomy 18th century New York City, the pair sneak off into a wooden outhouse and commit their religion’s holy sin.—
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But these beautiful destinations haven’t exactly been kept secret.—
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The secret Traitors' identity remained a mystery to both their fellow Traitors and to viewers until episode 3, when Donna was voted out at the group's second roundtable.—
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Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.—
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And of course, this idea of fun is completely subjective.—
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Ice dancing, by nature, is a competitive and subjective sport built around impressing judges.—
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Advantageously, the two-in-one design keeps splashing water and wet footprints away from the commode and vanity areas.—
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Here there are two separate vanities with sinks, a hydro-soaking tub, separate shower stall, and a separate room for the commode.—
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“Privy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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