illegal entry, especially as authorized by an agency of the federal government to gather criminal evidence, install listening devices, etc.
Origin
1970-75
Slang definitions & phrases for bag job
bag job
noun phrase
A theft or burglary, esp of files, documents, etc •Became current during the early 1970s Watergate affair: Someone had done a bag job on his precious files/ They're calling it a bag job(1970s+)