Insider (Noun)
Meaning
An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The corporate executive was suspected of being an insider who profited from the secret knowledge of the company's upcoming merger.
- Law enforcement officials investigated the CEO for allegedly leaking confidential information as an insider to sway the company's stock price.
- Corporate insiders often have to abstain from trading on the company's stock to avoid any appearance of wrongdoing.
- In this case, the insider tipped off regulators to the alleged accounting irregularities at the company.
- The fact that the insider held a senior management position at the company gave credence to the rumors of an impending takeover.