English Explanatory Dictionary

shadow fleet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way which maintains plausible deniability, such as smuggling to avoid international sanctions, carrying out sabotage, or projecting power in disputed waters.

Word forms

shadow fleet shadow fleets

Etymology

From shadow + fleet.

Synonyms

dark fleet ghost fleet
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