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   supergrass

   /ˈsuːpəɡrɑːs/

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   • 1. a police informer who implicates a large number of people: informal British "both turned supergrass and were the main prosecution witnesses"

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   What does Supergrass mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SUPERGRASS definition: 1. a person, especially a criminal, who gives the police a lot of information about the activities…. Learn more.

   SUPERGRASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Are supergrasses working?

   • First, since 1981 the police have sought to rely very heavily on the evidence of the supergrass in the enforcement of the security system. It is understandable that some of the people turned to becoming supergrasses—and, by the way, the term "supergrass" is particularly offensive to me. It shows that it is working and supergrasses have gone.

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   Are supergrasses reliable?

   • Sadly, they have been incarcerated through the alleged evidence of the supergrasses. What must be said is that by the very nature of past history a supergrass must be an unsavoury character. There has been increasing popular disquiet concerning the reliability of supergrasses.

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   Should Supergrass be reintroduced?

   • What must be said is that by the very nature of past history a supergrass must be an unsavoury character. There has been increasing popular disquiet concerning the reliability of supergrasses. There are no cases currently pending which would result in the reintroduction of so-called "supergrass trials".

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   Are there any'supergrasses'?

   • There was neither a shortage of ' supergrasses ', nor of confessions of various kinds. Sadly, they have been incarcerated through the alleged evidence of the supergrasses. What must be said is that by the very nature of past history a supergrass must be an unsavoury character.

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   Are supergrass trials working?

   • It shows that it is working and supergrasses have gone. We are asking any judge to bear too great a burden, especially in the supergrass trials, where there can be up to 41 defendants. That is true of some practices associated with what have come to be called the supergrass trials. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   SUPERGRASS definition: 1. a person, especially a criminal, who gives the police a lot of information about the activities…. Learn more.

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   A supergrass is a person who gives the police information about a large group of criminals.

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   Definition of supergrass noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun supergrass. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English.

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   Sep 16, 2024 · supergrass (plural supergrasses) (UK, slang) An informer providing substantial quantities of information on criminal or terrorist activities to the police. Synonyms: nark, nonce, snout; see also Thesaurus: informant.

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   2 days ago · supergrass. Other forms: supergrasses. Definitions of supergrass. noun. a police informer who implicates many people. synonyms: grass. see more.

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   Define supergrass. supergrass synonyms, supergrass pronunciation, supergrass translation, English dictionary definition of supergrass. n an informer whose information implicates a large number of people in terrorist activities or other major crimes Collins English Dictionary – Complete and...