| 单词 | inside man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinside man inside man n. U.S. slang one involved in any of various special roles in a confidence trick or robbery. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice outputter1421 outparter1607 gammon1717 gammoner1795 outside man1861 inside man1935 1935 Amer. Speech 10 21/1 at Steerer Steerer, an inside man or tipster who locates prospects for robbers or safeblowers. 1937 N.Y. Times 22 Dec. 22 Inside man, a spy placed in a plant as an employé. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxviii. 288 The ‘mug finder’ books a room and spots a likely name in the register... When the ‘mug's’ name is announced in the restaurant by the page, he is followed to the telephone by the ‘inside man’ and identified. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 119/1 Inside-men are highly specialized workers; they must have a superb knowledge of psychology to keep the mark under perfect control during the days or weeks while he is being fleeced. < as lemmas |
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