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diplomatic bag

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noun

  1. a container or bag in which official mail is sent, free from customs inspection, to and from an embassy or consulate

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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

"If it is not a diplomatic bag, there is no diplomatic incident."

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 2013

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