informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n.  (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.15395 / COCA.17392

牛津词典

noun

• （向警方或其他当局的）告密者；线人
  a person who gives information to the police or other authority

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 告密者;线人
  Aninformeris a person who tells the police that someone has done something illegal.
  1. ...two men suspected of being police informers.
     被怀疑是警方线人的两名男子

英英释义

noun

• one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  Synonym:betrayerratsquealerblabber

双语例句

• It's true that I was an informer, but I didn't kill the daughter.
  我确实是告密者，但是我没有杀死他的女儿。
• He dreaded being seen by them, I think, as an informer.
  我觉得他是担心被他们视为告密者。
• The informer provided very important clues for us.
  线人给我们提供了非常有价值的线报。
• The informer has done dirt to her.
  告密者说了她很多坏话。
• Speak out of turn, and an informer reports you.
  你稍微不慎说了一点不适宜的话，会有人打小报告。
• Around the time of the first attack, police said Injaz was an informer and a criminal with a record of property and drug offenses who had run into financial and legal troubles.
  在第一次袭击发生之时，警察说因扎兹是个密告者和有财产和毒品犯罪记录的罪犯。他曾陷入财务和法律困难。
• The group claimed that he was an informer to the secret police.
  那群人声称他专事向秘密警察告密。
• Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
  为警察作信息人或欺骗的人。
• An informer denounced him to the police.
  检举人已向警方告发他。
• I would never act as an informer against you.
  我永远也不会做对你不利的告密者。