A secondhand account of complaint, usually from a person of authority, or by someone who's the
teacher's pet (if at school). A sentence of doom. Can happen if you've been sexually harrassing the teacher's daughter, sticking
aluminum foil into
electrical outlets, shoplifting, etc.
"Someone tells me you've been putting foil in the outlets at school.
If you don't respect electicity, I can't let you have
electronics in your room." "Someone tells me you've been mooning
the principal. Don't you know you can get arrested for that?"