diplomatic bag meaning
Noun: diplomatic bag
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=diplomatic pouch)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=diplomatic pouch)
- A mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office
- diplomatic pouch [N. Amer]
Derived forms: diplomatic bags
Type of: mail pouch, mailbag [N. Amer], postbag [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Diplomatic bag
Examples
More: Next- It was sent to London in a diplomatic bag and given to Hindawi.
- In contemporary practice, diplomatic bags are indeed used for exactly this purpose.
- Most of the money is thought to have entered the country in North Korean diplomatic bags.
- In foreign countries, the document must be transferred through specialised military mail or diplomatic bag.
- The explosive was said to have been brought into West Berlin in a Libyan diplomatic bag.