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

• The method greatly reduces centralized control, enhancing informer cooperation among individual store, distribution center, and suppliers.
  这一方法大大减少了集权控制，加强了各商店、配货中心与供应商之间频繁的非正式合作。
• I would never act as an informer against you.
  我永远也不会做对你不利的告密者。
• 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。
• You never flipped an informer?
  你没有安排过一个线人？
• How did they find out he was our informer!
  他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？
• 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。
• The guy's an informer, an undercover cop or something.
  这人是个卧底或者便衣警察。
• The mafia liquidated the informer.
  黑手党清算了告密者。
• An informer denounced him to the police.
  检举人已向警方告发他。
• 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。