police informer
11police — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed, mounted ▪ plain clothes, uniformed ▪ undercover ▪ riot, traffic …
12Police Story — infobox television show name = Police Story caption = format = Drama/Crime runtime = 60 min. creator = Joseph Wambaugh starring = country = USA executive producer = David Gerber network = NBC opentheme = camera = first aired = September 25, 1973… …
13police — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. police force, constabulary; vigilantes, posse; FBI, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, military police, MP, Sûreté, Scotland Yard, etc. See safety. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. police force, law enforcement… …
14informer — [[t]ɪnfɔ͟ː(r)mə(r)[/t]] informers N COUNT An informer is a person who tells the police that someone has done something illegal. ...two men suspected of being police informers …
15informer — UK [ɪnˈfɔː(r)mə(r)] / US [ɪnˈfɔrmər] noun [countable] Word forms informer : singular informer plural informers someone who secretly gives information about someone to the police or someone in authority …
16informer — 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… …
17police pimp — /pəˈlis pɪmp/ (say puh lees pimp) noun Colloquial an informer to the police …
18informer — in|form|er [ınˈfo:mə US o:rmər] n someone who secretly tells the police, the army etc about criminal activities, especially for money …
19informer — in|form|er [ ın fɔrmər ] noun count someone who secretly gives information about someone to the police or someone in authority …
20informer — noun a person who informs on another person to the police or other authority …
