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1 informer
informer [ɪnˈfɔ:mər]délateur m, - trice f* * *[ɪn'fɔːmə(r)]noun indicateur/-trice m/fto turn informer — dénoncer or vendre ses complices
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2 informer
informer n1 (to police, authorities) indicateur/-trice m/f ; to turn informer dénoncer or vendre ses complices ;2 ( adviser) informateur/-trice m/f. -
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grass [grɑ:s]1 noun∎ keep off the grass (sign) défense de marcher sur la pelouse, pelouse interdite;∎ to cut or to mow the grass tondre la pelouse;∎ Tennis she plays well on grass elle joue bien sur gazon;∎ he doesn't let the grass grow under his feet il ne perd pas de temps;∎ proverb the grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence) = c'est toujours mieux ailleurs∎ to put or turn a horse out to grass mettre un cheval au vert;∎ figurative to put sb out to grass mettre qn à la retraite;∎ to be (out) at grass (animal) être au vert;∎ to put land under grass enherber une terre, mettre une terre en herbe∎ to grass on sb balancer qn, moucharder qnBotany graminées fpl►► grass court court m (en gazon);grass green vert m gazon;Politics the grass roots la base;∎ the feeling at the grass roots is that… le sentiment à la base est que…;∎ at (the) grass roots level au niveau de la base;grass roots opposition résistance f de la base;grass roots support soutien m de la base;grass skirt pagne m (de feuilles);grass snake couleuvre f à collier;grass widow = femme dont le mari est toujours en déplacement;∎ figurative I'm a grass widow this weekend je suis célibataire ce week-end;grass widower = homme dont la femme est toujours en déplacement∎ to grass sb up balancer qn, moucharder qn
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turn informer — index betray (disclose), denounce (inform against) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
informer — n. 1) to turn ( become ) informer 2) a police informer * * * [ɪn fɔːmə] a police informer to turn ( become ) informer … Combinatory dictionary
turn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of turning sb/sth around ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full, half, quarter ▪ It slowly spun for three complete turns. ▪ a full turn of the handle to the right … Collocations dictionary
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informer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ police (esp. BrE) ▪ He later became a police informer. VERB + INFORMER ▪ become, turn (esp. BrE) ▪ One of the gang members had turned i … Collocations dictionary
turn — 1. in. to go over to the other side, as with a spy or a criminal turning into an informer. (Underworld.) □ Is there a chance that Bart would turn? □ Pete turn? Ha! 2. tv. to corrupt someone. □ It was the booze that turned him … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
turn dog on — Austral./NZ informal an informer or traitor. → dog … English new terms dictionary
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Sing — (prison) turn informer … Dictionary of Australian slang
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