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has gloss | (noun) a police informer who implicates many people supergrass, grass |
has gloss | eng: Supergrass is a slang term for an informer, which originated in London. Informers had been referred to as "grasses" since the late-1930s, and the "super" prefix was coined by journalists in the early 1970s to describe those informers from the city's underworld who testified against former associates in a series of high-profile mass trials at the time. |
lexicalization | eng: grass |
lexicalization | eng: supergrass |
subclass of | (noun) one who reveals confidential information in return for money betrayer, rat, blabber, squealer, informer |
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lexicalization | deu: Polizeispitzel |
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lexicalization | deu: wichtiger Informant |
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similar | e/Supergrass (informer) |
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