| Pronunciation: | | in'formur
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| Matching Terms: | | informed, informed consent, informed consent form, informer's privilege
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| | Definition: | | [n] one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
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| | Synonyms: | | betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer |
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| | See Also: | | canary, copper's nark, fink, informant, nark, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, source, stoolie, stoolpigeon, supergrass |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*form"er\, n. [From {Inform}, v.]
1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.] --Thomson.
Nature, informer of the poet's art. --Pope.
2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law;
one who informs against another for violation of some law
or penal statute.
{Common informer} (Law), one who habitually gives information
of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a
prosecution therefor. --Bouvier. Wharton.
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| | Related Terms: | | accusant, accuser, adviser, allegator, announcer, annunciator, appellant, archtraitor, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, Benedict Arnold, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, Brutus, bystander, canary, channel, claimant, cockatrice, cojuror, communicant, communicator, complainant, compurgator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, delator, deponent, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, earwitness, enlightener, expert witness, eyewitness, fink, gossipmonger, grapevine, grass, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informant, information center, information medium, interviewee, intrigant, intriguer, Judas, Judas Iscariot, libelant, machinator, monitor, mouthpiece, narc, nark, newsmonger, notifier, party, passerby, peacher, petitioner, plaintiff, plotter, press, prosecutor, public relations officer, publisher, Quisling, radio, rat, reporter, schemer, serpent, snake, snitch, snitcher, source, spectator, spokesman, spy, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, suitor, swearer, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, television, teller, telltale, testifier, the prosecution, timeserver, tipster, tout, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, voucher, weasel, whistle-blower, witness |
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