finger man

finger man
noun
: one who fingers (as for a gangster)

Chicago gangster methods, with finger men pointing out unreliables for the triggermen to kill — Newsweek

the miraculous finder of lost boys and girls, the brilliant finger man of thousands of sheriff's posses and private trailers — James Thurber

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Slang.
a person who points out someone to be murdered, robbed, etc.
[1925-30, Amer.]

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finger man,
Slang. a person who fingers: »

He had been a “finger man”—one who points out places or persons to be robbed (New York Times).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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