Queen's evidencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkwiːnz ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˌkwiːnz ˈev.ə.dəns/UK specializedevidence from someone who has been accused of committing a crime, given against the people who were accused with them, in order to have their own punishment reduced
See also
King's evidence
state's evidence
turn Queen's evidence
to give evidence against someone else in this way
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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