confidential informant (English, noun)
expansion: confidential informant (plural confidential informants)
Senses:
topics: criminology
government
human-sciences
law
law-enforcement
sciences
glosses: An individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer.
Forms:
form: confidential informants
tags: plural
form: CI
tags: alternative
form: C.I.
tags: alternative