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shadow fleet

noun

Etymology

From shadow + fleet.

  1. inherited from *flutōną✻ — “to float”
  2. inherited from *flotōn✻
  3. inherited from flēot — “ship”
  4. inherited from flete
  5. compounded as shadow fleet — “shadow + fleet”

Definitions

  1. The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way…

    The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way which maintains plausible deniability, such as smuggling to avoid international sanctions, carrying out sabotage, or projecting power in disputed waters.

    • The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA