Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possible to contradict or declare untrue.
- adjective Being such that plausible disavowal or disclaimer is possible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being denied or contradicted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
denied orcontradicted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being denied or contradicted
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Examples
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One wonders, though, how "deniable" such force could be in today's world and if such a covert plan could be efficiently executed in the first place.
Bush's Amazing Achievement Freedland, Jonathan 2007
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If I were to publish their addresses, I'd do it in a deniable way, preferably a way that makes it difficult or impossible to link it to me.
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One of the benefits of such an approach, he said, was that it deniable.
Newt Gingrich calls for 'humane' policy on illegal immigration 2011
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Is this to be another InstaPundit style implicit yet deniable endorsement of an unsupportable hit piece?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan’s Memos for Justice Marshall 2010
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She described the use of intelligence agencies in "deniable" operations as "quite useful".
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If I were to publish their addresses, I'd do it in a deniable way, preferably a way that makes it difficult or impossible to link it to me.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Along the way, it chronicles in patchwork form the innovative exploits and unintended consequences of a "secret and deniable" CIA-offshoot group assembled "to allow deep-cover officers to go where they couldn't go, and do what they couldn't do" under public scrutiny.
Far-Flung Secret Ops, Shadowy Local Conspiracies Tom Nolan 2011
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But if you can get a deniable laptop with an anonymous cashpaid dongle have a look it is hysterical on May 4, 2010 at 2: 38 am Agent Mata Hari
Bigotgate – the Diversity Trainers nightmare. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The funniest part is wingnuts making vague, deniable pseudo-threats of violence.
Think Progress » Once again, conservatives see Muslim conspiracy in an administration logo. 2010
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I do not believe the CIA would have a turf difficulty with that — I could be wrong — but I have the strong impression that the CIA believes that its longterm comparative advantage in the use of force is … discrete, intelligence driven, high value, deniable, covert uses of force - an in a legal sense, the “pure” self-defense, not in an armed conflict, part of “use of force.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article 2010
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