"live drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: live drops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} live drop (plural live drops)
  1. (espionage) A location where two people meet to exchange items or information. Categories (topical): Espionage Translations (location used to exchange items or information): postilaatikko (Finnish), Treff [masculine] (German), реа́льная вы́броска (reálʹnaja výbroska) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-live_drop-en-noun-E6kB0MTZ Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'location used to exchange items or information': 89 11
  2. (data exchange) An offline data transfer protocol to share information between two devices.
    Sense id: en-live_drop-en-noun-s8s2EaqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64

Inflected forms

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