informer n : one who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə(r)

Noun

1. someone who informs someone else about something

Translations

• German: Informant
• Hebrew:
• Polish: informator

Synonyms

• informant

French

Pronunciation

Verb

informer

1. to inform
   • Il m'a informé de la situation presente.

   He informed me of the present situation.

2. to enlighten
3. to impart knowledge (upon)

Conjugation

The word Informer can refer to:

• Informer or Informant - member of an underground organization, a criminal gang or any other group outlawed, persecuted or harassed by the civil or military authorities, who gives the authorities information about the group as a whole and/about other members.
• Common informer, an historical concept in English law abolished in 1951.
• Informer (song), a song on the 1993 album 12 Inches of Snow, by Canadian singer Snow
• The Informer (novel), a 1925 novel by Liam O'Flaherty
• The Informer (1912 film), directed by D. W. Griffith
• The Informer (1914 film), director unknown
• The Informer (1929 film), directed by Arthur Robinson
• The Informer (film), a 1935 film directed by John Ford, written by Dudley Nichols, and starring Victor McLaglen
• The Informer (1980 film), a Chinese film
• The Informer (TV series), directed by Ridley Scott

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