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tip 1 : information provided to the police or authorities regarding crime 2 : a piece of inside information esp. of advantage in securities trading vt tipped tip·ping : to provide a tip to or about often used with off tip·per n ...
filter tipped
having a tip designed to filter the smoke of a cigarette or cigar as filter tipped cigarettes...
cedar waxwing
a species of chatterer Bombycilla cedrorum formerly Ampelis cedrorum widely distributed over temperate North America so named from its frequenting cedar trees called also cedar bird cherry bird Canada robin and American waxwing It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long between the size of a robin and a sparrow has a crest on the head a black face mask and a yellow tipped tail The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings like that of a black sealing wax They sometimes are seen in flocks...
egg beater
a small device having one or usually two blades each having several stiff oval wires at the tip The blades are swirled or rotated for beating eggs or whipping cream The electrical variety typically have two such blades which are arranged so that the tips of the blades interlace while rotating...
chamber
chamber 1 : a judge's office ;specif : the private office where a judge carries on business other than court sessions (as conferences or signing papers) usually used in pl. [four other judges met in my chambers "R. H. Bork"] [a hearing in chambers] 2 a : a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body or assembly [to run back into the House "Tip O'Neill"] b : a legislative or judicial body : house [approved by two-thirds of each of Congress "U.S. Code"] ...
entrapment
entrapment 1 : the action or process of entrapping [ is un-American and has no place in law enforcement "Tip O'Neill"] 2 : the state or condition of being entrapped ;also : the affirmative defense of having been entrapped by a government agent (as an officer or informant) see also predispose NOTE: Entrapment is available as a defense only when an agent of the state or federal government has provided the encouragement or inducement. This defense is sometimes allowed in administrative proceedings (as for the revocation of a license to practice medicine) as well as criminal proceedings. In order to establish entrapment, the defendant has the burden of proving either that he or she would not have committed the crime but for the undue persuasion or fraud of the government agent, or that the encouragement was such that it created a risk that persons not inclined to commit the crime would commit it, depending on the jurisdiction. When entrapment is pleaded, evidence (as character eviden...
lead
lead led lead·ing : to suggest the desired answer to (a witness) by asking leading questions n : something serving as a tip, indication, or clue [the police have only one in the murder investigation] ...
tippee
tippee : one who receives a tip esp. in insider trading ...
tipster
tipster : one who provides a tip to the police ...
trust
trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...
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