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black-bag definition

black-bag (blak′bag′)

adjective

designating or of a secret illegal break-in made by a government agency in pursuit of suspected criminals, enemy agents, etc.

Etymology: in allusion to a burglar's bag of tools

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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