dead letter box


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dead letter box

or

dead letter drop

n
(Communications & Information) a place where messages and other material can be left and collected secretly without the sender and the recipient meeting
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We should have done a DLB (dead letter box) or brush contact on the riverside."
Former editor plotted to hide evidence, court told
We should have done a DLB (dead letter box) or brush contact on the riverside." Prosecutor Andrew Edis said this was a "quite complicated and quite risky" exercise which could only be explained as an attempt to hide evidence -- and said it was "inconceivable" that Brooks did not know what was taking place.
UK hacking trial hears of targeting of murdered girl's phone
We should have done a dead letter box or brush contact on the riverside."
BROOKS 'TOLD SECRETARY TO GET RID OF EVIDENCE'
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