informer

• Существительное, обозначающее человека, который предоставляет конфиденциальную или секретную информацию, часто в обмен на деньги или другие выгоды.

A noun referring to a person who provides confidential or secret information, often in exchange for money or other benefits.

1. Confidential informantB2formal

   A person who provides secret or privileged information to authorities, typically in exchange for payment or leniency.

   Осведомитель

   • The police relied on an informer to locate the stolen goods.
   • He became an informer to reduce his own sentence.
   • The informer revealed the location of the hidden weapons cache.

   Synonymsfinkgrassinformantnarcratsnitchsquealerstool pigeonstoolie