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finger man; fingerman
noun- a person who provides criminals with inside information to aid a robbery or other crime US, 1930
- These are finger men for the hold-up gangs, who scrape up acquaintances with the girls, then lift their house-keys from their purses. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 70, 1950
- It is hard to prove anything on a finger man–one who studies the habits of someone who wears valuable jewels publicly and tips off the thieves at the opportune time for robbery or holdup[.] — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 241, 1956
- Our finger man is a junkie punk. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 252, 1969
- a professional killer US, 1930
- George P. Harding, a 39-year-old gunman and underworld fingerman, was shot to death by Joe Nesline[.] — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 129, 1951
- a person who provides criminals with inside information to aid a robbery or other crime US, 1930
- These are finger men for the hold-up gangs, who scrape up acquaintances with the girls, then lift their house-keys from their purses. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 70, 1950
- His activities as the “finger-man” of the terrorizing gang meant he had used his occult skills nefariously to draw the gang’s victims out of hiding. — Donald Wilson, My Six Convicts, p. 322, 1951
- Our finger man is a junkie punk. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 252, 1969
- [W]e even used to pay off a bunch of finger men who lined up jobs like a hijacking or a robbery. — Martin Gosch, The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, p. 79, 1975
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