"mail cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} mail cover
  1. (US) An investigative technique in which the United States Postal Service, acting at the request of a law enforcement agency, records information from the outside of letters and parcels before they are delivered and sends that information to the requesting agency. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-mail_cover-en-noun-mljStf1c Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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