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blackbag

blackbag is the alternative form of black-bag.

Meaning of black-bag

Adjective

black-bag (not comparable)

  1. Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information.
    • Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees.

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Forms of blackbag

third-person singular presentblackbags
present participleblackbagging
past participleblackbagged
pastblackbagged

Questions about blackbag

What is blackbag the alternative form of?
Blackbag is the alternative form of black-bag.

Words near blackbag in the dictionary

  1. blackassed
  2. blackaviced
  3. blackavised
  4. blackback
  5. blackbacks
  6. blackbag
  7. blackbagged
  8. blackbagging
  9. blackbags
  10. blackball
  11. blackballed

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