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Definition of Dead drop
1. Noun. A drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information. "A dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time"
Definition of Dead drop
1. Noun. (context: espionage) a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Drop
Literary usage of Dead drop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles From Security Awareness (1992)
"Printed on the card were the same alphabetic symbols mentioned in the dead drop
letter. Each was preceded by a name followed by a numeric symbol; ..."
2. Security Awareness in the 1990's: Feature Articles from the Security by Lynn F. Fischer (1998)
"Ames would leave a signal - such as a chalk mark on a mailbox to indicate to the
Soviets that he would "load" a dead drop site. ..."
3. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"A "dead drop" of iron on iron with no rebound is not desirable. This, in its
action, would be similar to a person taking two steps forward and one backward ..."
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