supergrass
Noun
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Noun
supergrass (plural supergrasses)
- An informer providing substantial quantities of information on criminal or 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)
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