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# An [[informer]] [[provide|providing]] substantial quantities of [[information]] on [[criminal]] or [[terrorist]] activities to the [[police]]. |
# An [[informer]] [[provide|providing]] substantial quantities of [[information]] on [[criminal]] or [[terrorist]] activities to the [[police]]. |
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#* '''2000''', D. Walsh, ''Bloody Sunday and the Rule of Law in Northern Ireland'' (page 241) |
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#: ''Australian Phillip Inglis is an infamous '''supergrass'''.'' |
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#*: In several cases the '''supergrass''' spent days in the witness box giving evidence of scores of offences allegedly committed by many individuals over a period of years. |
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Revision as of 04:35, 16 March 2017
Englisch
Etymology
super- + grass, from grass, British/Irish slang word for an informer.
Nomen
supergrass (plural supergrasses)
- An informer providing substantial quantities of information on criminal oder terrorist activities to the police.
- 2000, D. Walsh, Bloody Sunday and the Rule of Law in Northern Ireland (page 241)
- In several cases the supergrass spent days in the witness box giving evidence of scores of offences allegedly committed by many individuals over a period of years.
- 2000, D. Walsh, Bloody Sunday and the Rule of Law in Northern Ireland (page 241)