Definitions for INFORMANT
ɪnˈfɔr məntin·for·mant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. informant, sourcenoun

   a person who supplies information

2. witness, witnesser, informantnoun

   someone who sees an event and reports what happened

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. informantnoun

   One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

2. informantnoun

   One who provides information about their language.

3. Etymology: From informans, participle of informo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Informantnoun

   Etymology: French.

   1. One who gives information or instruction.

   He believes the sentence is true, as it is made up of terms which his informant understands, though the ideas be unknown to him which his informant has under these words. Isaac Watts.

   2. One who exhibits an accusation.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Informant

   An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a “snitch”) is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law-enforcement world, where informants are officially known as confidential human sources (CHS), or criminal informants (CI). It can also refer pejoratively to someone who supplies information without the consent of the involved parties. The term is commonly used in politics, industry, entertainment, and academia.In the United States, a confidential informant or "CI" is "any individual who provides useful and credible information to a law enforcement agency regarding felonious criminal activities and from whom the agency expects or intends to obtain additional useful and credible information regarding such activities in the future".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. informant

   An informant is a person who provides confidential and specific information or intelligence, often about criminal activities, to an entity such as law enforcement, an intelligence agency, or a news organization. This information is typically provided covertly and in exchange for money or immunity from prosecution. Informants can also exist in other contexts such as research or journalism.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Informantverb

   one who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies

2. Informantverb

   one who imparts information or instruction

3. Informantverb

   one who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer

4. Etymology: [L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See Inform, v. t.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Informant

   An informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential or criminal informants, and can often refer pejoratively to the supply of information without the consent of the other parties with the intent of malicious, personal or financial gain. However, the term is used in politics, industry and academia.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. informant

   In case a civil person is the complainant, he becomes the principal witness before a court-martial, and after giving his evidence may remain in court, in order that the judge-advocate may refer to him.

Matched Categories

1. • Perceiver
   • Speaker

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How to pronounce INFORMANT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say INFORMANT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of INFORMANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of INFORMANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of INFORMANT in a Sentence

1. Joe Turner:

   The paid informant tried to get him to do a lot of bad and violent things that he rejected.

2. Andrew McCarthy:

   Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI' SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.' Andrew McCarthy says,' There's probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.' If so, this is bigger than Watergate !

3. Jamil Jaffer:

   Was this a foreign agent or criminal who turned? Was this a private individual the FBI placed inside [the deal]? Was this a government employee? All these factors, plus the level of the informant’s access to relevant information, will make a big difference here.

4. Rudy Giulianis:

   Here's the issue that I really feel strongly about with this informant, if there is one, first of all, I don't know for sure, nor does the President, if there really was one. We're told that.

5. David Clarke:

   If people don’t trust you, they’re not going to work with you. … We have to rely on informants, the biggest concern of any informant is they don’t want to be outed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INFORMANT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Informant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=INFORMANT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informant
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/INFORMANT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=INFORMANT
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=INFORMANT