[ verb ] break the seal of <verb.contact> He unsealed the letter
Unseal \Un*seal"\ ([u^]n*s[=e]l"), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seal.] 1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.
Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] --The Coronation.
While a grand jury met Wednesday to hear more evidence in the Pentagon bribery case, a federal judge refused a newspaper's request that he unseal information filed by investigators to obtain search warrants against their prospective targets.
Federal authorities said they waited to unseal the five-count indictment until Ms. Buck's trial had ended in federal court in Manhattan.
A federal judge today denied a newspaper's request that he unseal the affidavits that led to search warrants as part of the ongoing Pentagon bribery investigation.
A federal magistrate ordered on Monday that the government unseal three search warrants and other documents in connection with its massive defense procurement investigation, but allowed 10 days for an appeal of the decision.
Trump is really a cool guy." Federal judges in Los Angeles and Bridgeport, Conn., today refused to unseal search warrant information on the Pentagon bribery probe, saying release of the documents might compromise the investigation.