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back channel

American

[bak chan-l] / ˈbæk ˌtʃæn l /

Or backchannel

noun

a secret, unofficial, or informal channel of communication as used in politics or diplomacy.

sensitive information passed on through a back channel.

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Origin of back channel

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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The message went via a Pakistani facilitated back channel, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

These talks went on for a month, completely in a back channel.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

To achieve that, Leo worked a back channel directly to Blunt.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

Set up in 1991, Operation Chiffon worked as a secret back channel of communication between the leaders of the IRA and the British government.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2023

Each of them had a different suggestion to make, ranging from dragging through a half-empty back channel just below the town to taking the boat out and running it down the track on a push-cart.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

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