rat line
n.— «The Bulgarian secret service, which follows KGB orders without question and which had long-established “rat lines” smuggling spies and arms into Italy and Turkey, was the obvious choice.» —“Did Andropov plot to intimidate Vatican?” by William Safire New York Times Dec. 17, 1982. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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