noun
supergrass
Supergrass (noun) means an informant who supplies the police with large amounts of information about criminal or terrorist activity.
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An informant who supplies the police with large amounts of information about criminal or terrorist activity.
"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."
— D. Walsh, Bloody Sunday and the Rule of Law in Northern Ireland (2000)
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Etymology
Formed from super- and grass, with grass here meaning “an informer”.
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What is the meaning of supergrass?
"supergrass" (noun) means an informant who supplies the police with large amounts of information about criminal or terrorist activity.
What is another word for supergrass?
Other words for "supergrass" include canary, snout, grass, ci, nark.
