insider

insider
   a person using confidential information for private advantage
   In standard usage, any person with such knowledge or information, usually of a financial deal, whether or not the confidentiality is abused:
    As an insider, I'd get my arse in a sling if I wheel and deal. (Sanders, 1977)
   Whence the criminal offence of insider dealing.

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