sheep-dip (English, verb)
expansion: sheep-dip (third-person singular simple present sheep-dips, present participle sheep-dipping, simple past and past participle sheep-dipped)
Senses:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: To formally, and usually temporarily, transfer military equipment or personnel to nonmilitary ownership for the purpose of its employment in covert action which involves less of a risk of triggering an armed conflict.
tags: US
transitive
Forms:
form: sheep-dips
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sheep-dipping
tags: participle
present
form: sheep-dipped
tags: participle
past
form: sheep-dipped
tags: past