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informer

[in-fawr-mer]

noun

  1. a person who informs inform against another, especially for money or other reward.

  2. a person who informs inform or communicates information or news; informant.



informer

/ ɪˈɔːə /

noun

  1. a person who informs against someone, esp a criminal

  2. a person who provides information

    he was the President's financial informer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of informer1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; inform 1, -er 1
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It will also introduce extra powers for investigators, and a special protected status for informers.

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Martin was described as an informer within the IRA.

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One of them was a BBC report from 1987, which featured a clip from a news conference in which Mr Adams spoke about the murder of Charles McIlmurray, whom the IRA claimed was an informer.

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There will be extra powers for investigators, and a special, protected status for informers.

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We had to operate carefully, because the country is riddled with informers and secret police who spy on their own people for the ruling military junta.

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