D-noticenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈdiːˌnəʊ.tɪs/us/ˈdiːˌnoʊ.t̬ɪs/a British government instruction preventing particular information from being made public in order to protect the country:
The D-notice was lifted after news of the computer theft was circulated by an international news agency.
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UK politics: government administration & organisation
- awkward
- backbench
- bench
- collectivization
- decentralize
- dispatch box
- maladministration
- midterm
- Number Ten
- ombudsman
- order paper
- outpost
- policy
- privatize
- prorogue
- public
- reshuffle
- soviet
- Westminster
- whip
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