Tom found out that John was a police informer.
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Informer
Synonyms for "informer" (126 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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67 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συκοφάντης noun (one who informs)
Belarusian
2 entries- дано́счык noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- дано́счыца noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- доно́сник noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- доно́сница noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- доно́сничка noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Catalan
2 entries- informador noun (one who informs)
- informant noun (one who informs)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئاگادار noun (one who informs)
Czech
3 entries- informátor noun (one who informs)
- udavač noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- udavačka noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Finnish
3 entries- ilmiantaja noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- tietolähde noun (one who informs)
- tietolähde noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
French
1 entries- informateur noun (one who informs)
Galician
1 entries- informante noun (one who informs)
German
4 entries- Ausplauderer noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- Denunziant noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- Hinweisgeber noun (one who informs)
- Informant noun (one who informs)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰 noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Greek
2 entries- καταδότης noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- πληροφοριοδότης noun (one who informs)
Hebrew
3 entries- מַלְשִׁין noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- מוֹסֵר noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- מלשין noun (one who informs)
Hungarian
1 entries- besúgó noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Irish
1 entries- brathadóir noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Italian
3 entries- divulgatore noun (one who informs)
- informatore noun (one who informs)
- informatore noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- билмелөөчү noun (one who informs)
Latin
1 entries- dēlātor noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakaatu noun (one who informs)
Old English
1 entries- melda noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Polish
3 entries- informator noun (one who informs)
- informator noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- informatorka noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Portuguese
4 entries- delator noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- informador noun (one who informs)
- informante noun (one who informs)
- informante noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Russian
4 entries- доно́счик noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- доно́счица noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- информа́тор noun (one who informs)
- осведоми́тель noun (one who informs)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- brathadair noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Spanish
4 entries- informador noun (one who informs)
- informador noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- informadora noun (one who informs)
- informadora noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Tagalog
4 entries- impormador noun (one who informs)
- impormador noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- impormadora noun (one who informs)
- impormadora noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Ukrainian
2 entries- доно́щик noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- доно́щиця noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Welsh
1 entries- amlygwr noun (one who informs)
Yiddish
1 entries- מסור noun (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom is an informer.
Source: tatoeba (10974014)
Being an informer often meant living in fear.
Source: wiktionary
The police relied on an informer to catch the gang.
Source: wiktionary
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