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BLACK OPERATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black operation mean?
• BLACK OPERATION (noun)
The noun BLACK OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out
Familiarity information: BLACK OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("black operation" is a kind of...):
covert operation (an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor)
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