Definition of Black operation

1. Noun. A covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out.

Generic synonyms: Covert Operation

Definition of Black operation

1. Noun. A covert operation typically involving activities that are highly clandestine and outside of standard military protocol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Operation

black membrane
black men
black metal
black morel
black moss
black mulberries
black mulberry
black music
black mustard
black nightshade
black oak
black olive
black olives
black op
black opal
black operation (current term)
black operations
black ops
black out
black pea
black pepper
black phosphorus
black piedra
black pine
black plague
black poplar
black powder
black propaganda
black pudding
black puddings

Literary usage of Black operation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"The Federal Security Service organized and ran a “black operation” in Chechnya. ... With the failure of the “black operation” went any chance of using a ..."

2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1842)
"72 hours . id. ? black. Operation in a bath of chloride of calcium, with syrup to which fa of crystallised carbonate of soda was added. FIFTH EXPERIMENT. ..."

3. Internationales Centralblatt für Laryngologie, Rhinologie und Verwandte (1903)
"Melville Black. Operation zur Beseitigung von Spinae am Septum. (Operation for the removal of septal spines. ..."

4. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"The Federal Security Service organized and ran a “black operation” in Chechnya. ... With the failure of the “black operation” went any chance of using a ..."

5. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1842)
"72 hours . id. ? black. Operation in a bath of chloride of calcium, with syrup to which fa of crystallised carbonate of soda was added. FIFTH EXPERIMENT. ..."

6. Internationales Centralblatt für Laryngologie, Rhinologie und Verwandte (1903)
"Melville Black. Operation zur Beseitigung von Spinae am Septum. (Operation for the removal of septal spines. ..."

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