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Informer

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Being an informer often meant living in fear.”
“The police relied on an informer to catch⟳ the gang.”
“He acted as an informer during the rebellion.”
“1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

informercial Informers informetrics Informing informisation informity

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