"dead drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dead drops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dead drop (plural dead drops)
  1. (espionage) A location used to secretly pass 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-JDJuum2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

Verb

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

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