informant

  • 21informant — in|for|mant [ınˈfo:mənt US o:r ] n 1.) someone who secretly gives the police, the army etc information about someone else = ↑informer ▪ One of the witnesses was a paid informant for the FBI. 2.) technical someone who gives information about their …

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  • 22Informant — In|for|mant der; en, en unter Einfluss von engl. informant »Gewährsmann« aus lat. informans, Gen. informantis, Part. Präs. von informare, vgl. ↑informieren> jmd., der [geheime] Informationen liefert, Gewährsmann …

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  • 23informant — noun (C) 1 someone who gives secret information about someone else, especially to the police: The FBI were warned about the spy ring by a paid informant. compare informer 2 technical someone who gives information about their language, social… …

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  • 24Informant — informieren »benachrichtigen, Auskunft geben, belehren«: Das Verb wurde im 15. Jh. aus lat. in formare entlehnt, und zwar in dessen übertragener Bedeutung »durch Unterweisung bilden, unterrichten«, eigentlich »eine Gestalt geben, formen, bilden«… …

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  • 25informant's privilege — see privilege 1b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 26Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly — The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) is a questionnaire that can be filled out by a relative or other supporter (the informant) of an older person to determine whether that person has declined in cognitive… …

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  • 27informant — noun Date: 1657 a person who gives information: as a. informer b. one who supplies cultural or linguistic data in response to interrogation by an investigator …

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  • 28informant — noun One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer. Syn: blabber, gossip, narc, stool pigeon, tattletale …

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  • 29Informant — In|for|mant [ɪnfɔr mant], der; en, en, In|for|man|tin [ɪnfɔr mantɪn], die; , nen: Person, die Informationen liefert: die Zeitung hat in ihm einen wichtigen Informanten gewonnen. Syn.: ↑ Gewährsfrau, ↑ Gewährsmann. * * * In|for|mạnt 〈m. 16〉 jmd …

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  • 30informant — Synonyms and related words: adviser, announcer, annunciator, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, bystander, channel, cojuror, communicant, communicator, compurgator, deponent, earwitness, enlightener, examinant, examinate, examinee,… …

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