English-Finnish translations for under the counter

• pimeä
  Yö oli hyvin pimeä.
  Hänen pimeä puolensa tuli esiin.
  pimeä keskiaika

Definition of under the counter

• Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent
• In an underhand way, sneakily; unofficially, ''particularly'with regard to payment or tax avoidance

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