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Grass Person I Tells Police Authorities Criminal Noun

word grass
definition
noun
Grass is a very common plant consisting of large numbers of thin, spiky, green leaves that cover the surface of the ground.
Small things stirred in the grass around the tent.
The lawn contained a mixture of grasses.
If you talk about the grass, you are referring to an area of ground that is covered with grass, for example in your garden .
In the old days, there were strict fines for walking on the grass or missing a study period.
I'm going to cut the grass.
Grass is the same as marijuana .
I started smoking grass when I was about sixteen.
A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about.
verb
If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done.
His sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang.
He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing.
How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police?
inflections grassesgrassinggrassed
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