noun / verb
grass
Reporting someone's wrongdoing to the authorities.
In the British drama, he threatens to grass on his accomplice.
Etymology
Probably shortened rhyming slang: grasshopper for copper, a police officer. The detailed history of the informer sense is uncertain.
More examples
- She refuses to grass on her friends.
- The character was accused of grassing to the police.
- In that slang use, grass means inform on someone.
Forms
grass · grasses · grassed · grassing