a hidden agenda

Chandler was a master of this sort of sub-textural dancing, where dialogue is always a hidden agenda about to be revealed.

If I catch them lying, trying to use me to pass disinformation, or working a hidden agenda, I break off the contact.

Countless cards have been dished out to the Gunners, with Wenger claiming that referees have a hidden agenda against his club.

The manager had a hidden agenda when he provided free popcorn to the customers.

However, his Chinese counterpart maintained that the Dalai Lama harboured a "hidden agenda" for independence.

Although no direct sexual contact occurs, the change in body positions puts sex on a hidden agenda that both become acutely aware of.

As a means of achieving a 'hidden agenda'

They are also much less likely to have a hidden agenda, suffer mood swings or get involved in office politics, workers said.

Did your boss operate from good intentions or was there a hidden agenda?

If so, do you find it frustrating when opponents claim the protesters have a hidden agenda and are just tools of the communists?

He accused the government of having a hidden agenda.

I have a hidden agenda in all my software engineering classes.

or an old enemy with a hidden agenda