• (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth. • (n.) A coming unperceived or suddenly.
Sur·rep'tion noun [ Latin surreptio , or subreptio . Confer Subreption .] 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. ...
surreption The act or process of getting into a surreptitious manner, or by craft, or stealth.