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 *ear – someone who overhears something and tells the authorities.
 *fink – this may refer to the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkertons]] who were used as [[Plainclothes law enforcement|plain-clothes]] [[detective]]s and [[strike-breakers]].<ref>"The Origin of fink 'informer, hired strikebreaker'" by William Sayers. ''A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews''. Winter 2005 Cornell University</ref>
-*grass<ref>{{cite book|title = Criminal Classes: OffendersatSchool|first =A|last = Devlin|date = 1995|publisher = Waterside Press|isbn = 9781906534493}}</ref> or [[Supergrass (informer)|supergrass]]<ref>"The Intelligence War in Northern Ireland" by K Maguire – ''International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence'', Volume 4, Issue 2 1990, pp. 145–165</ref> – [[rhyming slang]] for "grasshopper", meaning "copper" or "shopper",<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=grass |dictionary=Oxford English Dictionary|quote=A spy or informer, esp. for the police}}</ref> having additional associations with the popular song ''[[Whispering Grass]]'' and the phrase "snake in the grass".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tpC-7A7y-cC|title=Supergrasses: a study in anti-terrorist law enforcement in Northern Ireland |year=1995|isbn=9780198257660 |last1=Greer |first1=Steven C. |publisher=Clarendon Press }}</ref>
+*grass<ref>Criminal classes: offendersatschool by A Devlin. 1995</ref> or [[Supergrass (informer)|supergrass]]<ref>"The Intelligence War in Northern Ireland" by K Maguire – ''International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence'', Volume 4, Issue 2 1990, pp. 145–165</ref> – [[rhyming slang]] for "grasshopper", meaning "copper" or "shopper",<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=grass |dictionary=Oxford English Dictionary|quote=A spy or informer, esp. for the police}}</ref> having additional associations with the popular song ''[[Whispering Grass]]'' and the phrase "snake in the grass".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tpC-7A7y-cC|title=Supergrasses: a study in anti-terrorist law enforcement in Northern Ireland |year=1995|isbn=9780198257660 |last1=Greer |first1=Steven C. |publisher=Clarendon Press }}</ref>
 *narc – a member of a specialist anti-narcotic [[law enforcement]] agency or [[police intelligence]] force.<ref>''Chicano intravenous drug users: The collection and interpretation of data from hidden Populations'' by R Ramos. 1990</ref>
 *nark – this may have come from the [[Romani language|Romani]] term ''nak'' for "nose" or the [[French language|French]] term ''narquois'', which means "cunning", "deceitful", and/or "criminal".<ref>''Prison patter: a dictionary of prison words and slang'' by A Devlin. 1996</ref><ref>"Some ethical dilemmas in the handling of police informers" by C Dunnighan, C Norris – ''Public Money & Management'', 1998</ref>

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