#360 dossier

dossier- a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person

C19 from French: a file with a label on the back, from dos back, from Latin dorsum

Many private dossiers were exposed to the world at WikiLeaks.

Companion site: quoteflections- a regular, eclectic mind fix

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