confessing Sam

noun

A person who falsely confesses to a crime.

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Meanings

nounconfessing Sam (plural confessing Sams)

plural confessing Sams

  1. CanadaUSslanggovernmentA person who falsely confesses to a crime.
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    The first potentially believable confessing Sam, Daniel Voorhees, arrived at police headquarters on the same day as the second note from The Avenger. During an interview with LAPD Consulting Psychiatrist Dr. Paul De River, Voorhess ^([sic]) claimed that he "couldn't stand [keeping such a dark secret] any longer." The police knew that Voorhees was not The Avenger […]

    2017, Jon Lewis, Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles, page 27
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