Meanings
nounblack op (plural black ops)
plural black ops
- informalClipped compound of black operation.
He describes Russia’s reported attempts to influence the 2016 US election as “the most cost-efficient black op in human history […]”
2020 February 26, Will Dunn, “William Gibson on the apocalypse: “it’s been happening for at least 100 years””, in New Statesman
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black op. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20op
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