Hypertext Webster Gateway: "informer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Informer \In*form"er\, n. [From {Inform}, v.]
1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.] --Thomson.
Nature, informer of the poet's art. --Pope.
2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law;
one who informs against another for violation of some law
or penal statute.
{Common informer} (Law), one who habitually gives information
of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a
prosecution therefor. --Bouvier. Wharton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
informer
n : one who reveals confidential information in return for money
[syn: {betrayer}, {rat}, {squealer}, {blabber}]
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