💡 Tip: [[letting snakes out]] an undercover police officer posing as the client of prostitute (gyi 8, 34); an undercover officer posing a customer, client or member of the public in a "sting" operation to catch criminals involved in fraud, deception, and other illegal activities (ty 24.8.2000, A8); a journalist posing as a member of the public, as a client of a prostitute, etc. (djh 410, 21).