back-alley vs sneaky

back-alley

adj
  • Occurring away from publicity, or in mean surroundings; backstreet. 

sneaky

adj
  • Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries 

  • Dishonest; deceitful. 

noun
  • Any device used for covert surveillance. 

How often have the words back-alley and sneaky occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )