Definition of "overt" []

• Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels. (adjective)

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• "Seeking protection against what he called the overt and covert attempts and 'partisan and biased approach' of the petroleum ministry to intervene in a commercial dispute with RIL, Anil wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offering to meet and explain the issues."
• "This is certainly in overt conflict with what the White House wants all Federal agencies to be doing so as to be "transparent" and "open"."
• "This is serious big interest, private equity and financiers using their new boy for the first time in overt action."