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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government);
- Example: "they negotiated via a back channel"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

back channel
    n 1: an alternative to the regular channels of communication
         that is used when agreements must be made secretly
         (especially in diplomacy or government); "they negotiated
         via a back channel"