informer

in·form·er  (n-fôrmr)

n.

An informant, especially one who informs against others, often for compensation.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

informer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money betrayer, blabber, squealer, rat canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police informant, source - a person who supplies information copper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the police supergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people

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informer

noun betrayer, grass (Brit. slang), sneak, squealer (slang), Judas, accuser, stool pigeon, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) two men suspected of being police informers

Translations

informer [ɪnˈfɔːməʳ] N → informante mf (pej) → delator(a) m/f, soplón/ona m/f
police informer → informante mf de la policía
to turn informer → convertirse en delator

informer [ɪnˈfɔː^rmə^r] n

(gen) → dénonciateur/trice m/f

(also police informer) → indicateur/trice m/f

informer

n → Informant(in) m(f), → Denunziant(in) m(f) (pej); police informer → Polizeispitzel m; to turn informer → seine Mittäter verraten

informer [ɪnˈfɔːməʳ] n → informatore/trice
to turn informer (Police) → diventare un informatore/trice

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informer [ɪnˈfɔːməʳ] n → informatore/trice
to turn informer (Police) → diventare un informatore/trice