n.
1.someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
2.a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
3.a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
4.synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming
Idiom of the Day
learn (something) the hard way
to learn something that is difficult or unpleasant by one's own experience
The young man learned things the hard way when he went to jail for stealing the computer.