Definition of "back-channel" [back-channel]

• Alternative spelling of backchannel. (verb)

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• "In breaking a diplomatic protocol by announcing so-called back-channel talks, North Korea also heaped new criticism on South Korea and said it wouldn't deal with President Lee Myung-bak, whose term has more than 18 months still to run."
• "And, believe me, he is very inquisitive and very attentive to getting an advantage from everything he learns from whatever source, balance sheets, transaction records, or back-channel gossip."
• "Madison also helped Jefferson conduct a sometimes sordid, back-channel propaganda war against Washington's efforts to establish, with Hamilton's prodding, a credible federal authority and a thriving national economy."