black-bag
Collocations
3ADJ.
former
BLACK-BAG + NOUN
jobs, operation
PREP.
than
Definitions
adj
Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information.
Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees.
Holden's SEAL training had covered clandestine penetrations, but never black-bag jobs
verb
To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation.
He'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better.
Nothing jimmied. Nothing damaged. She'd been black-bagged by a pro.
To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom).
When witches and demons caused enough trouble, the Union had a tendency to black-bag the baddies and toss them into a detention center.
It'll be tough to black-bag him. They may have to go all the way.
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6Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees.
WiktionaryHolden's SEAL training had covered clandestine penetrations, but never black-bag jobs
WiktionaryCon Keeler was past his fortieth birthday and a veteran of more black-bag jobs than he could count.
WiktionaryHe'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better.
WiktionaryNothing jimmied. Nothing damaged. She'd been black-bagged by a pro.
WiktionaryBefore dawn, NEST black-bagged Ivan's building — not the Nuclear Emergency Search Teams, their shadows whose S stands for Strike. They pulled all hazmat out of the medical imaging office, substituted
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