dead drop
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They laid in wait for Hanssen to attempt another dead drop and eventually he did.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023
An arrest team took Hanssen into custody after catching him making a "dead drop" of classified materials in a park in suburban Virginia, the FBI says.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2023
“I am concerned that using a dead drop location your friend prepares makes me very vulnerable,” Mr. Toebbe wrote, according to court records.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Prosecutors, however, countered that Mrs. Toebbe knew about the spying and “acted as a lookout” for Toebbe during a drop off of secrets at one dead drop.
From Washington Times • Feb. 18, 2022
Their weapons were the tradecraft of spies—the dead drop, the brush pass, the one-time pad—and their missions almost always had the same goal: to obtain vital information about the enemy.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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