inside information
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Definition
Noun: - True confidential information: Knowledge or details about a situation, event, or plan that are not publicly known and are available only to a small group of people with special access or involvement.
Usage
This noun phrase is used to refer to secret, accurate, and often valuable information known only to insiders. It is typically used in contexts like business, finance, law, or politics. - It is often the object of verbs like have, get, receive, give, or leak. - It is commonly preceded by adjectives like valuable, exclusive, or privileged.
Examples
- The journalist claimed to have inside information about the merger.
- He made a fortune on the stock market using inside information.
- According to inside information, the company is about to launch a new product.
- She was accused of trading shares based on inside information.
Advanced Usage
- "to be privy to inside information": To have special access to confidential knowledge.
- Only the board members were privy to the inside information about the CEO's resignation.
Variants and Related Words
- Insider knowledge (n): A near-synonymous phrase meaning information available only to those within a particular group.
- Confidential information (n): A broader term for private or secret information, which may or may not be "inside."
- Tip-off (n): A piece of confidential information or warning, often given secretly.
Synonyms
- Privileged information
- Confidential knowledge
- Insider info (informal)
Related Phrases
- Insider trading (n): The illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange using confidential inside information.
- He was convicted for insider trading.
Idioms
- To have the inside track: To have an advantage due to special access or information.
- With her father on the committee, she had the inside track on the contract details.
Noun
- true confidential information
- after the trial he gave us the real details