"cabinet noir" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cabinets noirs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|cabinets noirs|nolinkhead=1}} cabinet noir (plural cabinets noirs)
  1. (historical) A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-cabinet_noir-en-noun-vytCHAOL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        "A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination."
      ],
      "id": "en-cabinet_noir-en-noun-vytCHAOL",
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "postal",
          "postal"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ],
        [
          "correspondence",
          "correspondence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cabinet noir"
}
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
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        "A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination."
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "office",
          "office"
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        [
          "postal",
          "postal"
        ],
        [
          "service",
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        ],
        [
          "correspondence",
          "correspondence"
        ]
      ],
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}

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