black-bag

[ blak-bag ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. of, relating to, or distributing money for expenses that has been diverted from the regular budget:

   Black-bag funds have paid for much overseas travel by the military.

Example Sentences

Before we get too entombed in nostalgia, it’s worth recalling such strategic disasters as the Vietnam War, the secret bombing of Cambodia, the Bay of Pigs, the CIA-led coups in Iran and Chile, and a host of approved-at-the-top black-bag jobs that did our country little good in the end.

From Slate

Most public relations companies are eager to get their clients’ names in the media, but Mae is a fixer for a black-bag PR firm.

From Los Angeles Times

He envisioned police and soldiers going "house-to-house to disarm the American people and 'black-bag' those on a list of 'known terrorists,' with orders to shoot all resisters."

From Salon

Yet, this secrecy is the exception when it comes to so-called sneak and peek or black-bag jobs in the physical world, where law enforcement is required to justify the need for secrecy before conducting a covert search or seizure.

From Washington Post

Typical of their black-bag politics was scheduling Democratic speakers before and after Goldwater’s appearance in a city, smothering his message with pro-Johnson, anti-Goldwater rhetoric.

From Wall Street Journal