informant

Definition

  • noun: a person who gives information to the police about secret or criminal activities
  • noun: a person who gives 'information'
  • synonyms: tipster, tipper, notifier

Examples

  • We learned the language with the help of a native 'informant'.

  • The police were alerted to the plot by a paid 'informant'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You can make it. - All right. - Go. That's impossible. Get up, Trinity. Just get up. Get up. She got out. It doesn't matter. - The informant is real. - Yes. We have the name of their next target. The name is Neo. We'll need a search running. It has already begun. What? What the hell? Who is it? (..)
    1999 The Matrix