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Informer

Informer Meaning & Definition
Informer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Informer?

[n] one who reveals confidential information in return for money

Synonyms | Synonyms for Informer: betrayer | blabber | rat | squealer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Informer: accusant | accuser | adviser | allegator | announcer | annunciator | appellant | archtraitor | attestant | attestator | attester | authority | Benedict Arnold | betrayer | blab | blabber | blabberer | blabbermouth | Brutus | bystander | canary | channel | claimant | cockatrice | cojuror | communicant | communicator | complainant | compurgator | conniver | conspirator | conspirer | delator | deponent | double agent | double-crosser | double-dealer | earwitness | enlightener | expert witness | eyewitness | fink | gossipmonger | grapevine | grass | impeacher | impugner | indictor | informant | information center | information medium | interviewee | intrigant | intriguer | Judas | Judas Iscariot | libelant | machinator | monitor | mouthpiece | narc | nark | newsmonger | notifier | party | passerby | peacher | petitioner | plaintiff | plotter | press | prosecutor | public relations officer | publisher | Quisling | radio | rat | reporter | schemer | serpent | snake | snitch | snitcher | source | spectator | spokesman | spy | squealer | stool | stool pigeon | stoolie | suitor | swearer | talebearer | taleteller | tattler | tattletale | television | teller | telltale | testifier | the prosecution | timeserver | tipster | tout | traitor | treasonist | trimmer | turncoat | voucher | weasel | whistle-blower | witness

See Also | canary | copper's nark | fink | informant | nark | sneak | sneaker | snitch | snitcher | source | stoolie | stoolpigeon | supergrass

Informer In Webster's Dictionary

\In*form"er\, n. [From {Inform}, v.] 1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.] --Thomson. Nature, informer of the poet's art. --Pope. 2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news. 3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. {Common informer} (Law), one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. --Bouvier. Wharton.

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