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gen. операция под прикрытием (с внедрением спецагента в какую-либо криминальную организацию Taras)
law.enf., news оперативный эксперимент (The gun was purchased in 2009 by our ATF offices in Tucson as part of a sting operation. wikipedia.org mphto); спецоперация (It later transpired that the appearance of the Russian mercenaries had nothing to do with the Belarusian elections or Russian meddling, rather it was part of a Ukrainian sting operation that had been cut short. bellingcat.com 4uzhoj); операция с внедрением агентов в "асоциальную" среду (MVE); операция с использованием подставного агента (or operation implemented by undercover agents Val_Ships)
sec.sys. операция укалывания (сквозь отверстие, проделанное в стене или перегородке)
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sting operation
law.enf., news an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime, by means of deception (e.g., purchasing drugs to catch a supplier); a typical sting will have a law-enforcement officer or cooperative member of the public play a role as criminal partner or potential victim and go along with a suspect's actions to gather evidence of the suspect's wrongdoing. // The term "sting" was popularized by the 1973 Robert Redford and Paul Newman movie The Sting, though the film is not about a police operation: it features two grifters and their attempts to con a mob boss out of a large sum of money. wikipedia.org)
sting operation: 1 phrase in 1 subject
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