[I]UKto makeinformationabout someone or somethingpublic, with theintentionofcriticizing/praisinghim, her, or it:
On severaloccasionsgovernmentofficialsbriefedagainsttheirownministers.
She has beenrepeatedlybriefedagainst in themedia.
Hedismissedtheclaimsasrubbishandinsistedthat no one hadbriefedagainst him.
Smith wassubsequentlyaccusedofbriefingagainst theformerleaderand herallies.
Itlaterbecameclearthatmembersof thepartyhadbriefedinfavourof apublicjudicialinquiry.