black-bag

短语

黑暗之袋（非法秘密搜查）

词形变化

black-bagged black-bagging black-bags 三单 black-bags black-bagging 现在分词 black-bagged 过去式 black-bagged 过去分词

别名

blackbag black bag

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation.

  2. 2.

    To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom).

adj.
  1. 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.

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary