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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
supergrass
noun
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▪ And almost 10 years ago Atcheson was arrested and charged on the evidence of loyalist supergrass James Crockard.
▪ Both turned supergrass and were the main prosecution witnesses in the trial of the other men.
▪ Four of those are of supergrasses.
▪ From 1993 the state hit back with troops, new laws and supergrasses.
▪ Local bully Billy Hodge is about to turn supergrass under pressure from his wife.
▪ Prosecutors said the allegation was made long ago by an unreliable supergrass, and no investigation is expected.
▪ The report, drawn from evidence given by supergrasses, identified those whom the Mafia considered allies or potential allies.
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supergrass

n. An informer provide substantial quantities of information on criminal or terrorist activities to the police.

WordNet
supergrass

n. a police informer who implicates many people

Wikipedia
Supergrass

Supergrass were an English rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz ( guitar and lead vocals) and Rob Coombes ( keyboards and backing vocals), Mick Quinn ( bass and backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ( drums and backing vocals).

Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey formed Supergrass in 1993 in Oxford with Gaz's brother Rob Coombes officially joining the band in 2002. The band signed to Parlophone records in 1994 and produced I Should Coco (1995), the biggest selling debut album for the label since the Beatles' Please Please Me. Their first album's fourth single " Alright" was a huge international hit that established the band's reputation. Since then the band have released five albums: In It for the Money (1997), Supergrass (1999), Life on Other Planets (2002), Road to Rouen (2005) and Diamond Hoo Ha (2008), as well as a decade-ending compilation called Supergrass is 10 (2004).

In August 2009 the band signed to Cooking Vinyl and began work on their seventh studio album Release the Drones. The album remained unreleased and unfinished as, on 12 April 2010, the band announced that they were splitting up due to musical and creative differences. The group disbanded after four farewell gigs, the final one at La Cigale, Paris on 11 June 2010.

Supergrass (album)

Supergrass is the third album by the English alternative rock band Supergrass. It was released in the UK on 20 September 1999 and reached #3. It is often referred to as "the X-ray album", due to the picture on the sleeve. In Australia a free CD was included with some live tracks.

Supergrass (informer)

Supergrass is a British 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.

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