Word
supergrasses
(向警方供出多名罪犯的)线人;超级告密者
supergrasses is the plural of supergrass.
核心释义
a police informer who implicates many people
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牵连多人的警方线人
a police informer who implicates many people
牵连多人的警方线人;<英>向警方提供大量罪犯活动情报的人(尤指本人也是罪犯的人)
用法In use
The trial collapsed when the main witness turned out to be a supergrass who had implicated dozens of gang members.
用法提示:supergrass 作名词,指供出多名罪犯的警方线人。
Detectives often rely on a supergrass to provide evidence against the whole network.
用法提示:supergrass 作名词,在短语 rely on 后作宾语,指警方线人。
He agreed to become a supergrass and named twenty former associates in court.
用法提示:supergrass 作名词,作 become 的表语,表示告密者的身份。
act as a supergrass
act as 后接名词,表示以某种身份行事;此处指为警方提供情报、牵连多人。
He agreed to act as a supergrass in the fraud trial.
他同意在这起诈骗案审判中充当警方线人。
turn supergrass
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