informer

英 [ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈfɔːrmər]

n. (向警方或其他当局的)告密者; 线人

复数：informers　

Collins.1 / BNC.15395 / COCA.17392

牛津词典

noun

（向警方或其他当局的）告密者；线人
a person who gives information to the police or other authority

N-COUNT 告密者;线人
Aninformeris a person who tells the police that someone has done something illegal.
1. ...two men suspected of being police informers.
  被怀疑是警方线人的两名男子

noun

one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Synonym:betrayerratsquealerblabber

He dreaded being seen by them, I think, as an informer.
我觉得他是担心被他们视为告密者。
The mafia liquidated the informer.
黑手党清算了告密者。
The informer said that one of the gang would have a revolver.
通报者透露匪徒中有一人手中有枪。
It's true that I was an informer, but I didn't kill the daughter.
我确实是告密者，但是我没有杀死他的女儿。
He also publishes the Las Vegas Informer, a free paper that lists telephone numbers for his dancing troupe.
他还出版登有其舞蹈团电话号码的免费报纸《拉斯维加斯快报》。
How did they find out he was our informer!
他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？
An informer denounced him to the police ( as a terrorist).
检举人已向警方告发他（是恐怖分子）。
He could always claim Sollozzo was an informer he was meeting.
他随时都可以声称索洛佐是他要去会见的一个告密的人。
The guy's an informer, an undercover cop or something.
这人是个卧底或者便衣警察。
You've an informer in your midst.
在你们中有一个告密的人。