dead drop

1. 1.

   a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information

   “a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time”

   Broaderdrop

Questions about dead drop

What does dead drop mean?

dead drop means "a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information".

Is dead drop a common word?

dead drop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.