Sneak Pro·mo·tion
[sneek pruh-moh-shuhn]
–noun
1.
Undercover attempt at advancement in rank or position.
2.
underhanded furtherance or self encouragement.
3.
the act of slyly promoting.
4.
the state of being promoted without setting off alarms of spam.
5.
something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance but under the guise of something else.
6.
Also called queening. Chess . the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen. deceit.
Origin:
1400–50;2010 late ME < LL prōmōtiōn- (s. of prōmōtiō ). See promote, -ion
—Related forms
pro·mo·tion·al, adjective
non·pro·mo·tion, noun
pre·pro·mo·tion, noun
self-pro·mo·tion, noun
un·pro·mo·tion·al, adjective
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