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Meanings of informer in English

Portuguese
delator
Catalan
confident

One who reveals confidential information in return for money.

        delator

        A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.

              Usage of informer in English
              1
              After five years as an informer, I was prepared to believe anything.
              Venus In Copper
              2
              The sneaking figure of the informer was swallowed up in the fog.
              Tales of Chinatown
              3
              In accordance with Indian ideas, the treacherous informer was waylaid and killed.
              The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
              4
              It was only at that point that he decided to turn informer.
              A quiet vendetta
              5
              The inspector and interpreter followed, while the informer escaped from the house.
              Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers
              6
              The informer, blank-faced and stern, noted the crime and informed the police.
              The Status Civilization
              7
              The prosecution relied almost entirely on the evidence of a single informer.
              The Gods are Athirst
              8
              The wrath of his tribe was roused, and the informer was murdered.
              A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
              9
              Ms McGlinchey insists she was never an informer or in the IRA.
              The Irish Times
              10
              And him, he thought in agony, he thinks I'm a goddam informer.
              King Rat
              11
              You were an informer, the lowest of the low, despised by all.
              A Hard Day’s Knight
              12
              He's a spy, an informer, and tortures the life out of everybody.
              Mother
              13
              A man so inept, he hires his own informer to expose him.
              The Silver Pigs
              14
              There's a chance for you, if you're mean enough to turn informer.'
              Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
              15
              His is the universal duty of a universal informer and hunter-up of delinquents.
              White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
              16
              The tale-bearer, the informer, is not appreciated in the military world.
              Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
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              Portuguese
              delator
              Informer through the time
              Informer across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common