treff

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/ˈtɹɛf/

noun

A covert meeting.

OriginGerman Treff →
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Meanings

nountreff (plural treffs)

plural treffs

  1. espionageA covert meeting.

    The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness. Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.

    1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495

Origin

  1. GermanTreff“meeting point”
  2. Englishtreff

From German Treff (“meeting point”).

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APA

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Chicago

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