black-bag

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation.
    — He'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better.
  2. To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom).
    — When witches and demons caused enough trouble, the Union had a tendency to black-bag the baddies and toss them into a detention center.
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information. not-comparable
    — Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees.

词形变化

black bag alternative blackbag alternative black-bags present,singular,third-person black-bagging participle,present black-bagged participle,past black-bagged past black bag alternative blackbag alternative

词源

词源 1
From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack.
词源 2
From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack.
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