Sur-rĕp'tion, n.
n. [Lat. surreptio, or subreptio. See SUBREPTION.]
Sense 1. The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
Fame by surreption got May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. B. Jonson.
Sense 2. A coming unperceived; a stealing upon insensibly; stealth. [Rare.] Hammond.