burn bag

noun

1. a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.

Example Sentences

All such documents should be disposed of in a "burn bag" or by shredding in an approved machine.

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If not, he’d drop it in the burn bag—a large, brown paper sack standing by his desk.

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The individual said that when Trump is done with the note cards, he often rips them up and tosses them in a burn bag.

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They opened a burn bag of top-secret documents belonging to the N.S.C. aide Oliver North and found a copy of elaborately falsified secret testimony to Congress.

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In one such email, Carter discussed how he had mistakenly placed a note card in a "burn bag," the Times reported.

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