Informant
noun
A person who gives information to another person or organization, often secretly.
She acted as an informant for the FBI.
noun
A person who provides detailed information about a language or culture, especially to a researcher.
The linguist gathered data from a native informant.
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Academic
noun
A person who gives information to another person or organization, often secretly.
She acted as an informant for the FBI.
noun
A person who provides detailed information about a language or culture, especially to a researcher.
The linguist gathered data from a native informant.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Covert Operations
Used when someone secretly collects and shares information, often related to intelligence or law enforcement.
The informant wore a wire to record the secret meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Being an informant can have legal consequences or protections, depending on the information shared.
He became a protected informant after exposing the corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Issues
Informants are often viewed with suspicion or mistrust because they share information secretly.
The thieves were caught, but the informant was never trusted again.
Pro Tip 1/3Covert Operations
Used when someone secretly collects and shares information, often related to intelligence or law enforcement.
The informant wore a wire to record the secret meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Being an informant can have legal consequences or protections, depending on the information shared.
He became a protected informant after exposing the corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Issues
Informants are often viewed with suspicion or mistrust because they share information secretly.
The thieves were caught, but the informant was never trusted again.
Pro Tip 1/3Covert Operations
Used when someone secretly collects and shares information, often related to intelligence or law enforcement.
The informant wore a wire to record the secret meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Being an informant can have legal consequences or protections, depending on the information shared.
He became a protected informant after exposing the corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Issues
Informants are often viewed with suspicion or mistrust because they share information secretly.
The thieves were caught, but the informant was never trusted again.
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Video examples
Adrian Myers: Where...
they had three hots and a cot as one of my informants was fond of saying they had the time and resources to spare on seemingly less important things like aftershave and Cologne the moment I discovered this tin I was elated but I have to be entirely honest I wasn't just excited about what the tin might tell us
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Making stories come to...
message embedded into this visual world that people are drawn in and embraces and I think as I like the shape and design worlds as I move into this new industry of film I'm hopefully going to chase it informant in a small but significant way because I think there are lots and lots hundreds and thousands
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Avi Rubin: All your...
of cleartext communication. And what kind of things were people talking about? Well, they found the names and information about confidential informants. They found information that was being recorded in wiretaps, a bunch of crimes that were being discussed, sensitive information.
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The rise and fall of the...
making its planned economy even less competitive. Life in East Germany passed under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the secret police whose wiretaps and informants monitored citizens for any hint of disloyalty. While there was free health care and education in the East,
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Arresting Jesus PIPE...
some regiments outside maybe not very visible standing by for crowd control and then the small force the snatch-and-grab force that's probably built of the informant so someone that he knows someone that he respects and has no front and trust exactly it's okay
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Why Africa Needs...
This sort of conservation is so detrimental because it means that local people will forever be the helpers or the local informants and never the leaders and the decision makers. And when that happens, people lose. And when people lose, wildlife loses.
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The ecological knowledge...
very very simple sentences with my informants I came to strange obstacle having come to a weather my informant refused to say this is a beautiful weather or this is a good Alberto because it just said it cannot be beautiful it cannot be good
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Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
This guideline gave a detailed description of every step you have to take if you want to convince human beings to betray their fellow citizens. Sometimes it's said that informants were pressured to becoming one,
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Interviewing Ex-Rhino...
despite the risk babe AB has persuaded them to talk to me be bad relies on intelligence from informants in his efforts to combat wildlife crime and has
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Undercover Heroin Bust PIPE...
across town detectives from maricopa county sheriff's office are staking out a parking lot they're using an informant posing as a
Video examples
Adrian Myers: Where...
they had three hots and a cot as one of my informants was fond of saying they had the time and resources to spare on seemingly less important things like aftershave and Cologne the moment I discovered this tin I was elated but I have to be entirely honest I wasn't just excited about what the tin might tell us
Video examples
Making stories come to...
message embedded into this visual world that people are drawn in and embraces and I think as I like the shape and design worlds as I move into this new industry of film I'm hopefully going to chase it informant in a small but significant way because I think there are lots and lots hundreds and thousands
Video examples
Avi Rubin: All your...
of cleartext communication. And what kind of things were people talking about? Well, they found the names and information about confidential informants. They found information that was being recorded in wiretaps, a bunch of crimes that were being discussed, sensitive information.
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
making its planned economy even less competitive. Life in East Germany passed under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the secret police whose wiretaps and informants monitored citizens for any hint of disloyalty. While there was free health care and education in the East,
Video examples
Arresting Jesus PIPE...
some regiments outside maybe not very visible standing by for crowd control and then the small force the snatch-and-grab force that's probably built of the informant so someone that he knows someone that he respects and has no front and trust exactly it's okay
Video examples
Why Africa Needs...
This sort of conservation is so detrimental because it means that local people will forever be the helpers or the local informants and never the leaders and the decision makers. And when that happens, people lose. And when people lose, wildlife loses.
Video examples
The ecological knowledge...
very very simple sentences with my informants I came to strange obstacle having come to a weather my informant refused to say this is a beautiful weather or this is a good Alberto because it just said it cannot be beautiful it cannot be good
Video examples
Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
This guideline gave a detailed description of every step you have to take if you want to convince human beings to betray their fellow citizens. Sometimes it's said that informants were pressured to becoming one,
Video examples
Interviewing Ex-Rhino...
despite the risk babe AB has persuaded them to talk to me be bad relies on intelligence from informants in his efforts to combat wildlife crime and has
Video examples
Undercover Heroin Bust PIPE...
across town detectives from maricopa county sheriff's office are staking out a parking lot they're using an informant posing as a
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rod Lurie
Israeli Director
Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources.
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Louis Stokes
American Politician
There are, in the King case in particular, some names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Dominican food. This is a Spanish word.' I trust my readers, even non-Spanish ones.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
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Linda Colley
British Historian
Brussels and its multifarious networks provide member states not just with trading access but also a guarantee of regular encounters, negotiations, contacts, informants, and alliances.
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Ibrahim Hooper
American Activist
There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life.
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Lee Hyeon-seo
South Korean Writer
Inside North Korea, we have many informants and spies watching everyone; they're paid by the government. Even a husband and wife can't trust each other.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.
Quote examples
Rod Lurie
Israeli Director
Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources.
Quote examples
Louis Stokes
American Politician
There are, in the King case in particular, some names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous.
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Alan Dundes
American Educator
They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Dominican food. This is a Spanish word.' I trust my readers, even non-Spanish ones.
Quote examples
Alan Dundes
American Educator
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
Quote examples
Linda Colley
British Historian
Brussels and its multifarious networks provide member states not just with trading access but also a guarantee of regular encounters, negotiations, contacts, informants, and alliances.
Quote examples
Ibrahim Hooper
American Activist
There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life.
Quote examples
Lee Hyeon-seo
South Korean Writer
Inside North Korea, we have many informants and spies watching everyone; they're paid by the government. Even a husband and wife can't trust each other.
Quote examples
Adam Cohen
American Journalist
There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.
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