| 单词 | common informer |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon informer 2. A person who informs against another. Originally (more fully common informer): a person who lays an information (information n. 5a) against an offender and is paid (by the Crown or the plaintiff) for doing so, esp. a person who makes a living from this; now historical. Now usually: a person who gives information to the police.The ability of the common informer to profit from informations laid was abolished by the Common Informers Act of 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. VI c. 39). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer wrayerc1000 wrobberc1300 discoverera1400 denunciator1474 informer1503 denouncer1533 detector1541 delatora1572 sycophant1579 inquisitor1580 scout1585 finger man1596 emphanista1631 quadruplator1632 informant1645 eastee-man1681 whiddler1699 runner1724 stag1725 snitch1785 qui tam1788 squeak1795 split1819 clype1825 telegraph1825 snitcher1827 Jack Nasty1837 pigeon1847 booker1863 squealer1865 pig1874 rounder1884 sneak1886 mouse1890 finger1899 fizgig1902 screamer1902 squeaker1903 canary1912 shopper1924 narker1932 snurge1933 cheese eater1935 singer1935 tip-off1941 top-off1941 tout1959 rat fink1961 whistle-blower1970 1503–4 Act 19 Henry VII c. 14 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 659 Every such infourmour..shalbe receyved to sue uppon the seid matter by informacion. 1588–9 Act 31 Eliz. c. 5 Divers..daylie unjustlie vexed and disquieted by divers commen informers upon penall statutes. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 11 Then the coosening informer or cros-biter, promiseth to wipe him out of the Court, and discharge him from the matter. c1608 F. Bacon Certif. touching Penal Laws in Wks. (1879) I. 480 To repress the abuses in common informers, and some clerks and under-ministers, that for common gain partake with them. 1683 Dutch Rogue 62 He was no sooner come to the Boat but was aware of his friend Van der Burgh whom he had Stigmatized for an Informer. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vi, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 436 Spies and informers were everywhere employed. 1798 Beresford in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 411 We have..taken up several persons of family and fortune..and some have turned informers in whom we can rely. 1808 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 131/2 An informer, whether he is paid by the week..or by the crime..is, in general, a man of a very indifferent character. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1148 A penalty..recoverable by common informer in the High Court of Admiralty. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 3/1 In the absence of ‘informer’ evidence the great majority of cases would fail for want of legal proof. 1925 J. C. Goodwin Queer Fish xvi. 153 I surmise that they are ‘spotters’, posted where they are to warn the proprietor of the card-room should the police or their informers put in an appearance. 1957 Econ. Hist. Rev. New Ser. 10 225 There were good reasons of self-interest..which led a common informer to Westminster and to Exchequer. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xiii. 189 Special Branch have a number of addresses in London where they protect VIPs under threat of terrorism, or informers changing their identities. < as lemmas |
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