Definition of "informer" []

• An informant, especially one who informs against others, often for compensation. (noun)

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• "To turn these facts into "Socialist icon who became an informer" is itself (sorry, but it's irresistible)"
• "He, however, declined the risk, declaring it was impossible to capture the schooner with boats, and as she was a remarkably fast sailer, she was sure to escape; should the enterprise not succeed, he would become known as the informer, and be no longer able to act as pilot in the Bahama Channel."
• "Maj Klopper was shown a document in which one of the informers accidentally signed under his real name, which Col de Kock had deleted and put in a note saying that the informer was a covert agent."