black operation

1. 1.

   a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out

   Broadercovert operation

Questions about black operation

What does black operation mean?

black operation means "a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out".

Is black operation a common word?

black operation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.