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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Informer \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
informer
n : one who reveals confidential information in return for money
[syn: {betrayer}, {rat}, {squealer}]
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