mail drop
Covert delivery point
A mail drop is an address used to receive mail without revealing the recipient's actual location.
It may be a post office box, a commercial mail service, or a private address.
The term also applies to locations where spies or criminals leave messages or packages for pickup: The informant used a mail drop to pass documents to his handler.
- post officePublic mail facility
- P.O. boxRented postal address
- message relayPassing communication onward
- courierDelivery person or service
- secure storageProtected space for valuables
envelope · package delivery · safe house · covert ops · letter carrier · stamp · clandestine · forwarding address · spy · secret agent · intelligence gathering · cold war
- mailletter, letters, email, envelope, postcard
- postal systempost office, stamp, stamps, envelope, postage stamp
- errandsgrocery shopping, groceries, grocery run, dry cleaning, pharmacy
- Backpackingbackpack, trail, backpacking, pack, sleeping pad
- addressesstreet address, home address, postal code, zip code, city
- postal servicepost office, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, letter carriers
transparency/traceability
mail drophome address
Residential street designation
return address · business address · legal residence · public record
mail, drop, mailed, mailing, mailer, mails, mailbox, mailman, drops