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Definition of informer in English: informernoun ɪnˈfɔːməɪnˈfɔrmər A person who informs on another person to the police or other authority. Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps it was the element of surprise on the part of the organizers which found the police and their informers unprepared.
- The prosecutors knew the case details as provided by the undercover police officers, the informers and the supervisors.
- The other travelers seemed embarrassed but passive, perhaps the legacy of years of informers and secret police.
- There was a substantial body of circumstantial evidence implicating the accused in addition to the informer's evidence.
- The father took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 and maintained a vast army of secret police and informers.
- But, on the other hand, he admitted that he knew where these two informers of his were at the times that he thought their lives might be threatened.
- The prosecution must thus assert a claim to public interest immunity if evidence of the identity of informers is to be excluded.
- It might be informer-type evidence, prison informers, and so on.
- Some of the papers contained highly sensitive details of informers and information supplied to Special Branch.
- The issue with prison informers is that a warning is required in certain terms.
- It is often used to protect informers, police techniques, or state security.
- The opprobrium that once attached to informers, snitches, snouts, shoppers and narks in all walks of life no longer exists.
- Gang members came and threatened her as an informer.
- Whether that excludes what used to be called common informers I am not sure.
- Police informers are often identified by number rather than by name, for obvious security reasons.
- He'll be chasing down revelations first aired on this program last night that a leaked police report on an informer may have led to his murder.
- Last week the police force were batting away allegations of systemic problems with witnesses or informers getting police protection.
- He says he received death threats written in blood and accusing him of being an informer after information he gave police in confidence leaked out.
- With police and informers everywhere, the Revolution is back with a vengeance.
- On the witness stand, the police repeatedly rejected the informer's claims.
Synonyms informant betrayer, traitor, Judas, collaborator, double-crosser, fifth columnist, double agent, spy, infiltrator, plant, turncoat North American tattletale informal rat, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, telltale, tale teller, whistle-blower, snake in the grass, canary, snitch, peacher British informal grass, supergrass, nark, snout, nose Scottish informal clype Scottish & Northern Irish informal tout North American informal fink Australian/New Zealand informal fizgig, pimp, shelf archaic intelligencer, beagle
Definition of informer in US English: informernounɪnˈfɔrmərinˈfôrmər A person who informs on another person to the police or other authority. Example sentencesExamples - Police informers are often identified by number rather than by name, for obvious security reasons.
- Gang members came and threatened her as an informer.
- The father took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 and maintained a vast army of secret police and informers.
- The prosecutors knew the case details as provided by the undercover police officers, the informers and the supervisors.
- But, on the other hand, he admitted that he knew where these two informers of his were at the times that he thought their lives might be threatened.
- Some of the papers contained highly sensitive details of informers and information supplied to Special Branch.
- It might be informer-type evidence, prison informers, and so on.
- There was a substantial body of circumstantial evidence implicating the accused in addition to the informer's evidence.
- Perhaps it was the element of surprise on the part of the organizers which found the police and their informers unprepared.
- The opprobrium that once attached to informers, snitches, snouts, shoppers and narks in all walks of life no longer exists.
- It is often used to protect informers, police techniques, or state security.
- Whether that excludes what used to be called common informers I am not sure.
- The issue with prison informers is that a warning is required in certain terms.
- The prosecution must thus assert a claim to public interest immunity if evidence of the identity of informers is to be excluded.
- With police and informers everywhere, the Revolution is back with a vengeance.
- He'll be chasing down revelations first aired on this program last night that a leaked police report on an informer may have led to his murder.
- Last week the police force were batting away allegations of systemic problems with witnesses or informers getting police protection.
- He says he received death threats written in blood and accusing him of being an informer after information he gave police in confidence leaked out.
- On the witness stand, the police repeatedly rejected the informer's claims.
- The other travelers seemed embarrassed but passive, perhaps the legacy of years of informers and secret police.
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