Informer
noun
A person who gives information about another person's wrongdoing.
He acted as an informer for the police, revealing details about the planned robbery.
Often appears as...
- become an informer
- act as an informer
noun
A person or thing that provides information.
The system informer logs and reports all system activities.
Often appears as...
- system informer
- data informer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who gives information about another person's wrongdoing.
He acted as an informer for the police, revealing details about the planned robbery.
Often appears as...
- become an informer
- act as an informer
noun
A person or thing that provides information.
The system informer logs and reports all system activities.
Often appears as...
- system informer
- data informer
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often used negatively to describe someone who betrays trust by informing on others.
The gang shunned him, calling him an informer.
Pro Tip 2/3Law Enforcement
Commonly used in crime and legal contexts to describe someone who provides crucial information to authorities.
The informer's testimony led to the criminal's arrest.
Pro Tip 3/3Secrecy Expected
'Informer' implies that the information given is typically expected to be kept secret or confidential.
She agreed to be an informer, but her identity was kept anonymous.
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Video examples
Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
where the only apparently trustable person was an informer. But why did the Stasi collect all this information in its archives? The main purpose was to control the society. In nearly every speech, the Stasi minister
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Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
did I miss something odd rupees so nice if it were a full Informer reunion
Video examples
Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
where the only apparently trustable person was an informer. But why did the Stasi collect all this information in its archives? The main purpose was to control the society. In nearly every speech, the Stasi minister
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
did I miss something odd rupees so nice if it were a full Informer reunion
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Albert Maltz
American Author
To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand.
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Whittaker Chambers
American Writer
On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
Quote examples
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian Statesman
I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.
Quote examples
Albert Maltz
American Author
To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand.
Quote examples
Whittaker Chambers
American Writer
On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.
Quote examples
Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
Quote examples
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian Statesman
I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.
Example 1 of 4
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