INFORMER'S PRIVILEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does informer's privilege mean? 

• INFORMER'S PRIVILEGE (noun)
  The noun INFORMER'S PRIVILEGE has 1 sense:

1. the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer

  Familiarity information: INFORMER'S PRIVILEGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFORMER'S PRIVILEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("informer's privilege" is a kind of...):

privilege ((law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship)