cryptogram

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The slave hunters in fact belonged to the dregs of society, and we shall not be far wrong in assuming that the man with the cryptogram was a fitting comrade for his fellow "capitaes do mato."

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  1. noun A piece of writing in code or cipher. Also called cryptograph.
  2. noun A figure or representation having a secret or occult significance.

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  • At the receiving end, the cryptogram is converted back into plaintext by a decryptor. —  Modern Mechanix
  • To decrypt the message, the correct key and the cryptogram are inserted into a decryptor, and the plaintext message emerges. —  Modern Mechanix
  • This cryptogram is sent to Alice that decrypt with her private key. —  Planet Haskell
  • Let's have a challenging cryptogram, please. in the features section of saturday's tele (28th march) eddie mcilwaine got his high spirits mixed up by stating 35 / 6 was a short way of saying the price was £3 five shillings and six pence. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Luckily they are able to escape this disagreeable outcome They also come across a cryptogram, which is rather difficult to solve, but which eventually they manage to decypher, and which leads them to the treasure hoarded by the pirate, who by that time has met his end This is a good book, and one which makes a very nice audiobook ACROSS THE SPANISH MAIN, BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD CHAPTER ONE HOW ROGER TREVOSE AND HARRY EDGWYTH MADE A CERTAIN COMPACT Now now, Roger, my lad; what are you thinking of?" —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
 

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  1. from Greek κρυπτός, hidden, + γράμμα, a writing, from γράφειν write.
 

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/ˈkrɪptəgræm/
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