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informant
[ in-fawr-muhnt ]
noun
Synonyms: , ,
- a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator.
- Linguistics. a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances and forms for one analyzing or learning the language.
informant
/ 瑟苍藞蹿蓴藧尘蓹苍迟 /
noun
- a person who gives information about a thing, a subject being studied, etc
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of informant1
Example Sentences
He took bribes and skimmed cash from informants.
Rumour had it that some waiters were regime informants.
In 2022, the Mongols鈥 dirty laundry was aired in federal court when the club鈥檚 longtime lawyer accused its president, David 鈥淟ittle Dave鈥 Santillan, of being a secret informant for the U.S.
Department of Justice report criticizes the Orange County Sheriff鈥檚 Department and the district attorney鈥檚 past use of jail informants.
County Sheriff Lee Baca, convicted in 2017 of thwarting a federal investigation for his role in keeping an informant out of the reach of his FBI handlers and away from a grand jury.
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