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

Whatever you're paying your informer, it's not enough.
你给线人多少酬劳都是不够的。
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。
However, the legitimacy of the informer of criminal investigation is suspected because of its secret and infringement of right.
但是由于其实施的秘密性与易侵权性，其正当性也遭到了质疑。
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
为警察作信息人或欺骗的人。
You said even if I haven't an informer's nature, you'd force me to help you.
你是说就算我没有当线人的天分，你也会逼我帮你的。
The method greatly reduces centralized control, enhancing informer cooperation among individual store, distribution center, and suppliers.
这一方法大大减少了集权控制，加强了各商店、配货中心与供应商之间频繁的非正式合作。
How did they find out he was our informer!
他们怎么会知道他是我们的线人？
Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
An informer denounced him to the police.
检举人已向警方告发他。
Around the time of the first attack, police said Injaz was an informer and a criminal with a record of property and drug offenses who had run into financial and legal troubles.
在第一次袭击发生之时，警察说因扎兹是个密告者和有财产和毒品犯罪记录的罪犯。他曾陷入财务和法律困难。