informer
21informer — a private individual who reports the activity of another surreptitiously to authority Dr Johnson gives One who discovers offenders to the magistrate , but the word is now used mainly of police spies: I was aware of the likelihood that… …
22informer — noun a Libyan informer for the CIA Syn: informant, betrayer, traitor, Judas, double crosser, collaborator, spy, double agent, fifth columnist, infiltrator, plant, tattletale; informal rat, squealer, whistle blower, snake in the grass, snitch,… …
23informer — informant / informer [n] person who delivers news accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, crier, deep throat*, double crosser, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, preacher,… …
24informer’s privilege — n. The government’s right to keep the identity of an informer secret from the defendant about whom the informer has provided information. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
25informer's privilege — n: informant s privilege at privilege 1b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
26Informer (song) — Infobox Single Name = Informer Artist = Snow from Album = 12 Inches of Snow Released = January 19, 1993 Format = CD single CD maxi 7 single …
27informer, informant — Each of these words identifies someone who communicates information or news. An informer, however, is one who informs (that is, tells on) someone else for the purpose of collecting money or other reward. An informer can be anyone who supplies… …
28informer's action — Broadly, any action brought by an informer. Technically, a qui tam action. See informer; qui tam action …
29informer's privilege — The government s privilege to withhold from disclosure the identity of persons who furnish information on violations of law to officers charged with enforcement of that law. Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53, 59, 77 S.Ct. 623, 627, 1 L.Ed.2d… …
30informer's privilege — The government s privilege to withhold from disclosure the identity of persons who furnish information on violations of law to officers charged with enforcement of that law. Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53, 59, 77 S.Ct. 623, 627, 1 L.Ed.2d… …
