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informer
in·form·er I0134900 (ĭn-fôr′mər)n. An informant, especially one who informs against others for compensation.informer (ɪnˈfɔːmə) n1. a person who informs against someone, esp a criminal2. a person who provides information: he was the President's financial informer. in•form•er (ɪnˈfɔr mər)
n. 1. a person who informs against another, esp. for money or other reward. 2. a person who communicates information or news; informant. [1500–10] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  informer - one who reveals confidential information in return for moneybetrayer, blabber, squealer, ratcanary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the policeinformant, source - a person who supplies informationcopper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the policesupergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people |
informernoun betrayer, grass (Brit. slang), sneak, squealer (slang), Judas, accuser, stool pigeon, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) two men suspected of being police informersinformernounOne who gives incriminating information about others:informant, tattler, tattletale.Informal: rat, tipster.Slang: fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon.Translationsinform (inˈfoːm) verb1. to tell; to give knowledge to. Please inform me of your intentions in this matter; I was informed that you were absent from the office. 告知 告诉2. (with against or on) to tell facts to eg the police about (a criminal etc). He informed against his fellow thieves. 告發 告发inˈformant noun someone who tells or informs. He passed on the news to us, but would not say who his informant had been. 線民，告密者 提供消息的人，密告者 ˌinforˈmation noun facts told or knowledge gained or given. Can you give me any information about this writer?; the latest information on the progress of the war; He is full of interesting bits of information. 訊息，資訊 信息，情报，资料 inˈformative (-mətiv) adjective giving useful information. an informative book. 提供訊息的 提供信息的inˈformer noun a person who informs against a criminal etc. 線民者 告密者ˌinformation ˌsuperˈhighway noun a fast computer channel through which information, pictures etc are sent from one computer to another. 資訊高速公路 信息高速公路inforˈmation techˌnology noun the study and use of electronic systems and computers for storing, analysing and utilizing information. 資訊科技 信息技术information does not have a plural: some information ; any information .Informer
InformerBattusrevealed theft by Mercury; turned to touchstone. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 47]Cenci, Count Francescoold libertine ravishes his daughter Beatrice. [Br. Lit.: Shelley The Cenci; Magill I, 131]Chambers, Whittaker(1901–1961) chief witness in perjury trial of Alger Hiss (1949). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 501]Dean, John W., III(1938— ) chief witness and informer against Nixon in the Watergate hearings. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2939]Judas Iscariotled armed band to Gethsemane and showed them which one was Jesus. [N.T.: Matthew 26:46–50; Mark 14:42–45; Luke 22:47–48; John 18:1–8]Morgan le Fayreveals Lancelot and Guinevere’s affair to Arthur. [Arthurian Legend: Harvey, 559]Nolan, Gypobetrays friend to police for subsistence money. [Irish Lit.: The Informer]Peachum, Mr.informer and fence for stolen goods. [Br. Lit.: The Beggar’s Opera]Teresa, Vincentwrote a book in which he revealed inner workings of the Mafia. [Am. Lit.: My Life in the Mafia]Valachi, Joe(1903–1971) New York gangster who revealed the inner operations of the Mafia. [Am. Hist.: Facts (1971), 436]MedicalSeeinformantInformer
INFORMER. A person who informs or prefers an accusation against another, whom he suspects of the violation of some penal statute.
2. When the informer is entitled to the penalty or part of the penalty, upon the conviction of an offender, he is or is not a competent witness, accordingly as the statute creating the penalty has or has not made him so. 1 Phil. Ev. 97; Rosc. Cr. Ev. 107; 5 Mass. R. 57; 1 Dall. 68; 1 Saund. 262, c. Vide articles Prosecutor; Rewards. informer
Synonyms for informernoun betrayerSynonyms- betrayer
- grass
- sneak
- squealer
- Judas
- accuser
- stool pigeon
- nark
Synonyms for informernoun one who gives incriminating information about othersSynonyms- informant
- tattler
- tattletale
- rat
- tipster
- fink
- snitch
- snitcher
- squealer
- stoolie
- stool pigeon
Synonyms for informernoun one who reveals confidential information in return for moneySynonyms- betrayer
- blabber
- squealer
- rat
Related Words- canary
- fink
- snitch
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- stoolpigeon
- sneaker
- snitcher
- sneak
- informant
- source
- copper's nark
- nark
- supergrass
- grass
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