back-channel

adjective

Definition of back-channelnext
as in off-the-record

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  1. off-the-record
  2. closed-door
  3. off-the-books
  4. clandestine
  5. surreptitious
  6. covert
Adjective
  • Thought-provoking sessions and off-the-record discussions feature Fortune 500 CEOs, former Cabinet members and global Ambassadors, and 7x world champion Tom Brady–among many others.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The allegations were linked to secret recordings made on Garcia’s courtroom laptop that captured off-the-record conversations between Judge David Downing and his clerk.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of off-the-record
Adjective
  • The most vocal opposition has come from Minneapolis' hotel and restaurant industry, which has held several tense closed-door meetings with the authors.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In February, Vance attended a closed-door event at the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C., about Christian values and Hungary's pro-family policies, a source close to the Hungarian Embassy told CBS News.
    Flora Garamvolgyi, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of closed-door
Adjective
  • Also, Barreto had several off-the-books meetings with an unknown source in a Caracas apartment before his death, according to the GPS on his cell phone.
    EW.com, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • With more Haitian immigrants free to work legally anywhere because of work permissions granted under the Biden administration, many moved from off-the-books jobs in Florida or New York to factory work in states such as Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of off-the-books
Adjective
  • Israel has a long history of conducting brazen spy operations abroad, including in Iran, where such clandestine activities have been linked to acts of sabotage against nuclear facilities and the assassinations of nuclear scientists.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Many of those missing are buried in clandestine graves all across the country.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of clandestine
Adjective
  • The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Prince cites a conversation with Atlantic CEO (and former WIRED editor in chief) Nick Thompson as inspiration for the project; Thompson had discussed how many different publishers had encountered surreptitious web scrapers.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of surreptitious
Adjective
  • In a classified assessment prepared in early October, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia, which favors Donald Trump, and Iran, which prefers Kamala Harris, were both plotting covert propaganda campaigns to sow post-election discord over the vote counting.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For this covert theft, cybercriminals need backdoor access to your site.
    Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of covert
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