Legal Definition and Related Resources of Informer

Meaning of Informer

In criminal law, the term means a: undisclosed person who confidentially dis closes material information of a law violation, thereby supplying a lead to officers o j the government for their investigation of. I crime . The term does not refer to a perscr who gives information only after beir.. interviewed by law enforcement officials c- J one who gives information as a witne; during the course of an investigation o-J before a grand jury . See Jackson v state f (Wyo.) 522 P.2d 1286; In re Pos: (C. A. Mass.) 496 F.2d 25.

Informer Alternative Definition

A person who Informs or prefers an accusation against another, whom he suspects of the violation of some penal statute.

Synonyms of Informer

(A person who provides information), noun

adviser
announcer
annunciator
communicant
communicator
courier
crier
delator
divulger
envoy
harbinger
herald
intelligencer
messenger
notifier
proclaimer
relater
reporter
source
spokesman
teller
tipper
tipster
warner

(One providing criminal information), noun

accuser
auctor
complainant
criminal information supplier
impeacher
indicter
informant
information supplier
one who supplies criminal information to the police
police tipper
squealer
tipster
witness against Associated Concepts: corroboration
reliable informer

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Informer in Law Enforcement

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Informer

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late 14c., enfourmer “instructor, one who teaches or gives advice,” from inform (Middle English enfourmen) and also from Old French enformeor. Meaning “one who communicates information” is mid-15c.; sense of “one who gives information against another” (especially in reference to law-breaking) is c. 1500.

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