BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buy-and-bust operation mean? 

• BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION (noun)
  The noun BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers

  Familiarity information: BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUY-AND-BUST OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("buy-and-bust operation" is a kind of...):

undercover operation (an operation involving secret work within a community or institution)