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".

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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.

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1. • Perceiver
   • Speaker

How to pronounce informant?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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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. Noor Salman:

   Salman's defense attorneys argued those statements weren't accurate. On March 20, the mother of Mateen's friend, known only by the nickname Nemo, testified in court. She discussed the pair's relationship, and told the court her son was working that night in Washington, D.C., and had not been with Seddique Mateen. Jurors got a deeper look into Mateen's past on March 21 as they searched through Seddique Mateen browser history, which includedISIS propaganda and beheading videos. They also flipped through photos taken inside Seddique Mateen Florida home. Final text messages between the couple were then read aloud in court. Noor Salman texted Seddique Mateen twice during Seddique Mateen hours-long standoff with police, asking, Where are you ? Seddique Mateen responded, You heard what happened. ???? Noor Salman replied. What happened ?! Noor Salman texted. I love you babe, Seddique Mateen wrote in Seddique Mateen last text message at 4:29 a.m. Habibi what happened ?! Noor Salman wrote, using an Arabic term of endearment. Your mom said that she said to come over and you never did. On March 22, jurors watched security footage of Noor Salman standing by Noor Salman husband's side -- with their young son close by -- as Seddique Mateen bought ammunition at Walmart. I knew Seddique Mateen was preparing for Jihad when Seddique Mateen bought the rifle, was going to the range to shoot, was spending a lot of money and bought the ammunition, i saw these things as a green light for Seddique Mateen to do an act of violence. On March 24, lawyers revealed that Mateen's dad was a secret FBI informant for more than a decade -- a revelation that led to immediate calls by the defense for a mistrial. Seddique Mateen was a FBI confidential human source at various points in time between January 2005 and June 2016.

2. Ron Johnson:

   It is concerning that when I wrote to the FBI and Department of Justice, they never told me about the fact that they had some FBI asset, whether it was an agent or informant, tailing Soofi and Simpson, why didn’t they intervene? As a member of the Senate oversight committee, I think these agencies should be honest when we actually ask them the questions. But it begs the question, what was the FBI doing in Garland, and why wasn’t the agency direct with me when we first started writing letters about this back in 2015?

3. 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.

4. Ron Johnson:

   That secret society -- we have an informant that's talking about a group that were holding secret meetings offsite.

5. Kgalalelo Masibi:

   Security Services say that 95 percent of the time the informant is incorrect. But what if this falls under the 5 percent that is correct?

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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