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Discussion Groups / British English / December 2003Did you plant the information about that girl?
Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? Somethng who concerns investigation? Let me know , please Thanks a lot Franco > Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? > > Somethng who concerns investigation? Something like that. Though I find 'plant the evidence' to suggest that there is no genuine evidence of guilt but someone has introduced something that would pass as evidence. For example, putting small traces of explosives one someone's clothes to suggest they were involved in terrorism. 'Plant the information' has, to me, more the ring of taking genuine evidence but putting it where it would more easily be found. Thus, seeing someone drop a weapon, picking it up and later hiding it in their house. Not that I condone either practice. Nor suggest that anyone behaves like that. -- John Dean Oxford De-frag to reply >> Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Not that I condone either practice. > Nor suggest that anyone behaves like that. "Plant the information [about that girl]" suggests to me that someone is passing along a story or rumor or even a fact about the person ("that girl" in this case), hoping to have it "get around." In a way, it's much like "plant the evidence," in that the information, like the evidence, is meant to be made known for a particular reason. The reason could be anything, good or bad. Usually, it's not good. Leaving "that girl" out of it, "planting the information" could mean starting a rumor that involves, say, a workplace. For instance, someone who wished to stir up trouble might plant the story that a lay-off is coming, or that the boss is selling the business.  SignatureMaria Conlon Please send any email to the Hot Mail address. >> Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Not that I condone either practice. >Nor suggest that anyone behaves like that. Is there not a TV programme on British TV that 'recreates' serious unsolved crimes and gives a phone number which guarantees anonymity to callers who have information about them? The police get a majority of their important arrests from paid informers and anonymous calls, so I've read. Signaturewrmst rgrds Robin Bignall Quiet part of Hertfordshire England > Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? > > Somethng who concerns investigation? > > Let me know , please Yes, you don't give us very much to go by, but I would guess that someone put false information into the girl's file, where the authorities would find it later. Maybe they put a piece of paper into her file folder, or maybe they tampered with her computerized records. SignatureBest -- Donna Richoux >>Is"plant the information" something like "plant evidence"? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > authorities would find it later. Maybe they put a piece of paper into > her file folder, or maybe they tampered with her computerized records. Planting information is also something that spin doctors do. People like Peter mandelson were notorious for making sure that the right information was leaked to teh right journalists so as to get the right spin on the story (positive or negative depending on the story). Regards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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