cabinet noir

noun

A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.

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Meanings

nouncabinet noir (plural cabinets noirs)

plural cabinets noirs

  1. historicalA government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.
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