tout

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.

Paul Muniment looked at his young friend a moment. 'Do you want to know what he is? He's a tout.' 'A tout? What do you mean?' 'Well, a cat's-paw, if you like better.'

A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.

An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

The Derry Brigade of the IRA thought it had got rid of its informer problem when earlier that year it executed Paddy Flood as a tout, after holding him for six weeks.

A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.

To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.

Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.

China has touted its policy of non-interference for decades.

To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).

To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.

To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.

In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.