"cabinet noir" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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