Informer definition

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A person who secretly accuses, or gives evidence against, another, often for a reward.
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An informant, especially one who informs against others for compensation.
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One who, privy to the commission of a crime, confidentially communicates with the police or other governmental entity about it.
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One who informs someone else about something.
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A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
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One who informs, animates, or inspires.

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
informer
Plural:
informers

Informer Sentence Examples

  • And he gives as a crowning instance that he exposed himself to the hatred of the informer Cyprianus by preventing the punishment of Albinus, a man of consular rank.

  • Stealing from a fellow thief, turning state informer and a host of other offenses were punished by execution.

  • The conspiracy was honeycombed with treachery, and it was long a matter of dispute to whose information the government were indebted for Fitzgerald's arrest; but it is no longer open to doubt that the secret of his hiding place was disclosed by a Catholic barrister named Magan, to whom the stipulated reward was ultimately paid through Francis Higgins, another informer.

  • Rashleigh, who has become an informer, is killed by Rob Roy during an attempt on Frank's life.

  • I now know that he has been a paid informer for many years.

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