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Noun: informer  in'for-mu(r)
  1. One who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
    "The mafia liquidated the informer";
    - betrayer, rat [informal], squealer, blabber [informal]

Derived forms: informers

Type of: informant, source

Encyclopedia: Informer