Noun
an indication of potential opportunity
Source: WordNetI obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so successful with this line of attack that I rarely had to go towards a technical attack. Kevin Mitnick
he got a tip on the stock market Source: Internet
a good lead for a job Source: Internet
Adani has won a court injunction requiring anti-coal activist Ben Pennings to remove social media posts and stop using confidential information to frustrate the mining company's plans. Source: Internet
Although officially restricted to a role of transmitting openly received information, they were soon being used to clandestinely gather confidential information and in some cases even to recruit spies and to operate de facto spy rings. Source: Internet
A member of the panel, Mr. Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, said the panel got impromptu confidential information that the facility at the hospital may be relevant to its investigation. Source: Internet