Confidential Informant; Any individual under the direction of a police officer who furnishes information about criminal activity with or without compensation; works under direction of the department; different from other concerned citizens or complainants not working under department direction and not party to the investigation itself.
by inane5 February 13, 2005
A pre vhs tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a vhs tape, and is usually in a 4:3 (fullscreen) a/r, although letterboxed screeners are sometimes found. The main draw back is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder thru poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD, but a few attempts at SVCD have occured, some looking better than others.
(Sometimes abbreviated with SCR, DVDSCR.)
(Sometimes abbreviated with SCR, DVDSCR.)
by inane5 February 08, 2005
A specialized person who removes incriminating evidence from a crimescene (usually one involving murder) in order to make the legal consequences of the crime go away.
Cleaners will get rid of evidence like bodies, blood, weapons, fingerprints, and even witnesses in order to hide the proof or notion of the crime -- or, they will 'dress up' the crimescene to mislead authorities. For example, they could make it appear like a break-in gone bad, an act of self defense, a fire, etc.
Cleaners will get rid of evidence like bodies, blood, weapons, fingerprints, and even witnesses in order to hide the proof or notion of the crime -- or, they will 'dress up' the crimescene to mislead authorities. For example, they could make it appear like a break-in gone bad, an act of self defense, a fire, etc.
The cleaner used bleach to remove the the blood stains from the carpet, and although this would still leave DNA evidence, one could always claim that the victim once had a nose blead there... a very very massive nose blead!
by inane5 March 17, 2005
A limited movie means it has had a limited theater run, generally opening in less than 250 theaters, generally smaller films (such as arthouse pics) are released as limited.
by inane5 February 08, 2005
1. During interrogation for armed robbery, the suspect flipped on his 2 accomplices. As a result, he served only 2 years.
2. Tell her if she doesn't flip on her boyfriend, we'll send her kid to protective services.
2. Tell her if she doesn't flip on her boyfriend, we'll send her kid to protective services.
by inane5 April 11, 2005
M Diddy tried to remove her electronic ankle bracelet with a sushi knife.
M Diddy has a huge crush on John Stewart, but are they related?
M Diddy has a huge crush on John Stewart, but are they related?
by inane5 July 07, 2005