"dead drop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dead drops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dead drop (plural dead drops)
  1. (espionage) A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet. Categories (topical): Espionage Synonyms: dubok Translations (location used to pass items between two people in secret): dode brievenbus [masculine] (Dutch), kylmä kätkö (Finnish), postilaatikko (Finnish), boite aux lettres morte [feminine] (French), toter Briefkasten [masculine] (German), тайни́к (tajník) (alt: e,g, шпио́нский) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dead_drop-en-noun-k~yP8E~~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 40 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 36 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 62 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 21 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 65 24 11 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'location used to pass items between two people in secret': 86 14
  2. (espionage) The act of leaving an item in such a location for another person to collect. Categories (topical): Espionage
    Sense id: en-dead_drop-en-noun-IxbQ55-w Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 45 12 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

Verb [English]

Forms: dead drops [present, singular, third-person], dead dropping [participle, present], dead dropped [participle, past], dead dropped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dead drop (third-person singular simple present dead drops, present participle dead dropping, simple past and past participle dead dropped)
  1. To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve.
    Sense id: en-dead_drop-en-verb-DwPhnde9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 45 12

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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