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informant
[in-fawr-muhnt]
noun
a person who informs inform or gives information; informer.
Synonyms: , ,a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator.
Linguistics.a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances and forms for one analyzing or learning the language.
informant
/ ɪˈɔːəԳ /
noun
a person who gives information about a thing, a subject being studied, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of informant1
Example Sentences
The couple quickly found themselves in occupied territory, and decided to become informants for Ukraine.
Although its change in designation of the AfD is likely to be challenged in the courts, it would likely lower the threshold for the agency using informants and surveillance in monitoring the party.
He took bribes and skimmed cash from informants.
Rumour had it that some waiters were regime informants.
In 2022, the Mongols’ dirty laundry was aired in federal court when the club’s longtime lawyer accused its president, David “Little Dave” Santillan, of being a secret informant for the U.S.
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