inside information
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌsaɪd ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/
:
información privilegiada
- She was charged with using inside information to illegally trade stocks before the public announcement.
They claimed that he gave me inside information on Intel, right.
- They claimed that he gave me inside information on Intel, right.
- I I listen, I don't have any inside information.
- And I'll just give you a little piece of inside information for Instagram is used a lot for this, right?
- Now we have a serious problem because if you just read and I don't have any inside information, what is being found?
Examples
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The original goal was to keep energy traders from gaining inside information or influencing a company's operations.
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For its success, the act depends on true inside information that normal investigative techniques often fail to reveal.
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The truth is, nobody needs inside information anymore to get rich.
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We had inside information that someone wanted you dead.
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Just to be very clear, I have no inside information.
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Well, we need to get some inside information and expose him.
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Mason's plan was impossible without inside information.
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You've given me all that inside information.
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Interviews find no shortage of state and NGO personnel with inside information on these issues.
Academic text (1998) -
But thrillers, in particular, are about inside information, secrets—the workings of the FBI, CIA, criminal forensics, etc.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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A piece of information kept hidden from others
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Secret information that only a few people know about a company or event
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Secret company facts not public that people often use illegally to make money in the stock market
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6.4
Private information that gives someone an advantage
Antonyms
How Secret
- Formal
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'confidential information' is directly and compositionally derived from 'inside' (internal/privileged/confidential) + 'information' (facts or knowledge). This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase inside information gives a clear image: someone who is literally inside a company holding private information that others cannot see. That's why it means 'confidential information' that can give an 'advantage'.