informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n. (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

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

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

noun

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

I would never act as an informer against you.
我永远也不会做对你不利的告密者。
The informer's told us where the command bunker is.
情报员告诉了我们他们的司令部在哪里。
Now they know of things only an informer could have told them.
他们知道了一些事情，除非是叛徒告诉他们的。
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。
However, the legitimacy of the informer of criminal investigation is suspected because of its secret and infringement of right.
但是由于其实施的秘密性与易侵权性，其正当性也遭到了质疑。
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。
How did they find out he was our informer!
他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？
The stutterer spoke of an informer. here* At the mill.
那个结巴说这里，磨坊里有一个内奸。
When there seemed to be countenance given to it, he would turn informer.
只要看样子有人支持，他就会成为告密者。
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
为警察作信息人或欺骗的人。