burn bag

American  

noun

1. a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.

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Example Sentences

All such documents should be disposed of in a "burn bag" or by shredding in an approved machine.

From BBC

If not, he’d drop it in the burn bag—a large, brown paper sack standing by his desk.

From Literature

They opened a burn bag of top-secret documents belonging to the N.S.C. aide Oliver North and found a copy of elaborately falsified secret testimony to Congress.

From New York Times

In one such email, Carter discussed how he had mistakenly placed a note card in a "burn bag," the Times reported.

From US News

"The items were concealed in a burn bag in the roof space. "Inside the brown paper bag were more than 700 rounds of assorted ammunition packed into items of clothing, plastic bags and containers.

From BBC