confidential informant

confidential informant

English

Alternative forms

• CI, C.I.

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Noun

confidential informant (plural confidential informants)

1. (law enforcement) A person who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to their relationship to the wrongdoer.

Translations

person who secretly provides information to the police

French: indic (fr) m, indic’ (fr) m German: V-Mann (de) m

See also

• snitch
• grass
• mole