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treff, n. Espionage slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈtrɛf| [a. G. Treff meeting(-place), Treff(punkt rendezvous, f. treffen to meet.] A secret meeting(-place), esp. for the transfer of goods or information.
1963R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 729 The CIA now reportedly uses an argot (e.g., dubok, a drop, from the Russian for oak tree, and treff, a clandestine meeting place, from the German treffen) from which some terms appear to be filtering into underworld usage. 1981‘N. West’ MI5 vii. 169 This was felt to be a rather sensitive..area, with MI5 double agents holding meetings or ‘treffs’ in neutral countries abroad. 1983W. Garner Think Big iv. 48 Make a list..of all the drops, pick-ups and treffs. A complete picture of the to-ings and fro-ings. |