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shadow fleet

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Etymology

From shadow + fleet.

Noun

shadow fleet (plural shadow fleets)

  1. (geopolitics) The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way which maintains plausible deniability, such as smuggling to avoid international sanctions, carrying out sabotage, or projecting power in disputed waters.
    Synonym: dark fleet
    • 2025 October 3, Miranda Bryant, “Captain of oil tanker linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to go on trial in France”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.

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