informant
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5.6
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɔrmənt/
:
informante
- The first question was designed to gather information about the informants' perspectives concerning their daily work requirements.
- interview informants
- according to informants
- informants told
As such, they could intercept deserters, informants, enemy scouts and troops.
- As such, they could intercept deserters, informants, enemy scouts and troops.
- I think the surveillance and the informant come from abroad.
- So I asked for disclosure of informants or any informant LED evidence.
- Then it says Brett Johnson, Secret Service informant in the article.
- Dave, the alleged informant in this case, has gone missing.
- You'll go on the informants register, we'll get you out.
- He had an inkling that some guy in Stroud was an informant.
- We do have informants that and they're locals and they work tirelessly.
- The mothers begin the conversation by yelling at this informant and saying how could you do this?
- He's actually an informant, professional informant.
- ACI agent is the equivalent of a DEA informant.
- These buses are nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters.
- You've tried to build in some steps there, some distance to protect your informant.
- You know, that's how good the discount can be for becoming an informant.
Examples
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Dave, the alleged informant in this case, has gone missing.
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The police relied on an informant to provide crucial information about the criminal activity in the neighborhood.
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But the thing is, I know your prize informant; I know who he is.
Fiction book (2001) -
In fact, the informant had learned from court files what the details of the crime were.
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We're here to meet an informant.
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I think the surveillance and the informant come from abroad.
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He's actually an informant, professional informant.
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Our informants say five million dollars' worth.
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The FBI have an informant inside the Tong.
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My quarters were very private, yet accessible to any informants I needed for my research.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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2.3
A person or organization that gives information for news and research
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7.5
A person who secretly tells the police about someone else's bad actions
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5.0
A person who tells authorities or the public about illegal actions at their workplace
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6.0
A person who secretly tells police about someone else's crimes to get money or protection
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9.2
A person who gives information about others to the police, betraying them
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9.9
A person who gives the police secret information about criminals
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9.9
A person who secretly gives information to the police, often from inside a group
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8.9
A person who secretly gives information to the police
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7.9
A person who tells secrets to the police or other people in power
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9.9
A person who tells the police about others' illegal drug acts
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8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
A person who gives information from their normal activities without being asked
A person who secretly tells the police about criminals
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Informant comes from the verb inform, which comes from old words meaning 'to make known' or 'to give form'. So an informant is a person who 'gives' information to others, often secretly or to the police.