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in·form·er
/
ɪnˈfɔr
mər
/
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[
in-
fawr
-mer
]
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noun
1.
a person who
informs
against another, especially for money or other reward.
2.
a person who
informs
or communicates
information
or news;
informant
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English;
see
inform
1
,
-er
1
Can be confused:
informant
,
informer.
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informer
(ɪnˈfɔːmə)
—
n
1.
a person who informs against someone, esp a criminal
2.
a person who provides information:
he was the President's financial informer
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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There are also many
informer
recruits and trainees who report to intelligence
units but are not counted as employees or officers.
Other members of the ring had murdered and dismembered a government
informer
.
Then she stole out after him, and concealed herself in the place where the
informer
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The eavesdropper, the spy and the
informer
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The sinful
informer
sells, for money or sufficient advantage, that which he knows to be right.
After the filming was over, they asked me to cooperate with them as an
informer
.
Narcotics police, who use corruption to get high, invented an
informer
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informer
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