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Definition of Informer
1. Noun. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
Specialized synonyms: Canary, Fink, Sneak, Sneaker, Snitch, Snitcher, Stool Pigeon, Stoolie, Stoolpigeon, Copper's Nark, Nark, Grass, Supergrass
Generic synonyms: Informant, Source
Derivative terms: Betray, Betray, Blab, Blabber, Inform, Rat, Squeal
Definition of Informer
1. n. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
Definition of Informer
1. Noun. One who informs someone else about something. ¹
2. Noun. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Informer
1. one that informs [n -S] - See also: informs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Informer
Literary usage of Informer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"An informer, to entitle himself under that Act to the statutory reward for his
service, must Inform against property which la the subject of judicial ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"It vexed the informer that G. Fox heard him speak thus ; for he now saw he was
ensnared ... The informer understanding this, got away, but not without some ..."
3. Mayne's Treatise on Damages by John Dawson Mayne (1884)
"A common informer is one who, having no special interest ... Xo such proceeding
can be taken by a common informer, unless lie is expressly authorised by ..."
4. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"And thai Eyre J. held, that in this cjfe theking has nothing of the penalty, and
that the informer here is not within 31 Eliz. but comes in by default of ..."
5. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"(N. 1) Quare, if a suit by a common informer on a penal statute which first gives an
... 52 Yet an informer gui tarn, or plaintiff in a popular action, ..."
6. A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892)
"A suspicion had spread that Government spies were abroad, and the informer
describes a curious scene which took place at a meeting on the last day of ..."
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