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(Law)

one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor.

- Bouvier.

See also: Informer

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Beresford, "The Common Informer, the Penal Statutes and Economic Regulation," Economic History Review 10, no.

"DAMN YOU, YOU INFORMING BITCH." VOX POPULI AND THE UNMAKING OF THE ... by Ivis, Frank / Journal of Social History

The practice of the common informer, reports the Britannica, was "not without its dangers.

Tripp wire: how informers ended up behind every office potted plant by Olson, Walter / Reason

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