tipline
nounEtymology From tip + line.
1
A hotline allowing callers to tip off the authorities.
- Some tiplines assign a special number to each caller to ensure that a particular caller gets credit for the tip.1999, Shay Bilchik, When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, page 59:
- They hold classes online to teach safety and have one of the most popular volunteer tiplines at the site to report cybercrimes against children.2001, Carlos A. Arnaldo, Child Abuse on the Internet: Breaking the Silence, page 211: