dead drop

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dead drop

noun dead drops

A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Similar: dubok
The act of leaving an item in such a location for another person to collect.

Opposite: live drop

verb dead drops · dead dropping · dead dropped

To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve. Need to dead drop a note to a friend at school ?

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noun

Opposite: live drop

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noun location used to pass items between two people in secret

Français	boite aux lettres morte
Deutsch	toter Briefkasten
Русский	тайни́к tajník

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@misc{dead_drop_2026,
  title = {dead drop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dead%20drop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}