BabelNet

bn:00046702n

Noun Concept

Categories: Criminal law, Journalism standards, Journalism sourcing, Law enforcement terminology, Organized crime members by role

informant source informer denouncer The Informer

A person who supplies information WordNet 3.0

Definitions

Examples

Relations

Sources

A person who supplies information WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An informant is a person who provides privileged information, or information intended to be intimate, concealed, or secret, about a person or organization to an agency, often a government or law enforcement agency. Wikipedia

In journalism, a source is a person, publication, or knowledge of other record or document that gives timely information. Wikipedia

Person provides privileged information to an agency. Wikipedia Disambiguation

An entity used as source of information Wikipedia Disambiguation

A person, publication, publishing institute or other record or document that gives information Wikipedia Disambiguation

Person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency Wikidata

Term in journalism referring to a person, publication, or other record or document that gives timely information Wikidata

A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity. OmegaWiki

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

One who relays confidential information. Wiktionary (translation)

The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. Wiktionary

Person, place or thing. Wiktionary (translation)

The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling. Wiktionary

IS A

communicator

occupation

journalism terminology

source of information

HAS KIND

DERIVATION

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

informant, source

Wikipedia

informant, source (journalism)

Wikidata

informant, source

Wiktionary

informant, source

OmegaWiki

denouncer, informant, informer

Wikipedia Redirections

anonymous source, anonymous sources, Anonymous sourcing, Anonymously sourced, attribution (journalism), background (journalism), Confidential human resource, confidential human source, confidential informant, confidential source, Confidential sources, criminal informant, deep background, Double Super-Secret Background, Double Super Secret Background, Double super secret background, drop a dime, government informant, grassing, informants, informer, informers, Intel source, Jailhouse informant, jailhouse informants, journalism sourcing, mob informant, Mob informer, news source, news sources, off the record (journalism), on-the-record, on background, osvedomitel, police informant, police informers, Secret source, seksot, The Informer, The informer (film), The Informers (film), Unattributable

Wikidata Alias

CI, confidential informant, criminal informant, informer, stool pigeon