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informer
/ ɪ²Ôˈ´Úɔ˳¾É™ /
noun
- a person who informs against someone, esp a criminal
- a person who provides information
he was the President's financial informer
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
We had to operate carefully, because the country is riddled with informers and secret police who spy on their own people for the ruling military junta.
The first type typically went as follows: dealers under surveillance were approached by an informer or undercover, made a sale, then opened fire on the cops when they closed in.
Drawing on his use of brutality in Kenya, he uses torture to cultivate informers, who were then often executed by the IRA.
Others claimed she was an informer, but this was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman.
In his 20s, he was convicted by Israel of killing four Palestinian informers.
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