English Explanatory Dictionary

black-bag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information.
verb
  1. To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation.
  2. To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom).

Word forms

black-bag black bag blackbag black-bags black-bagging black-bagged

Etymology

From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack.

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