diplomatic bag
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"What is obtained," police wrote, "is compensation in terms of prestige, privileges and social relations, not to mention the coveted diplomatic bag … that crosses borders without any control."
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
Pope Francis has still not replied to a letter she wrote to him after the Vatican decision, despite it being sent by diplomatic bag.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
Take the 2015 case of the first secretary of North Korea’s embassy in Dhaka, who was found to be carrying a diplomatic bag full of 170 undeclared gold bars worth an estimated $1.4 million.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2017
But any cargo designated as a diplomatic bag is protected by the Vienna Convention from being opened by customs officers.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2012
But all my efforts failed to convince them, and I had to send the portrait, in Lord Berners' name, to the British Ambassador in Rome, who later forwarded it to Paris in the diplomatic bag.
From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor
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