informer
in fawr mer
- n one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- At a pretrial hearing, the cops testified that they had been tipped off by a reliable informer, whom they refused to identify.
- In 1781 an English law was enacted providing that anyone discovering a theatre open on Sunday might, as a "common informer," sue the proprietor, collect informer's money.
- In 1781 an English law was enacted providing that anyone discovering a theatre open on Sunday might, as a "common informer," sue the proprietor, collect informer's money.