informer
/ɪnˈfɔːmə(r)/noun
उच्चारण इन्फ़ॉर्मर
मुख़बिर, गुप्त सूचना देने वाला
Core word
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a person who secretly gives the police information about crimes or criminals
मुख़बिर, गुप्त सूचना देने वाला
- A police informer tipped them off about the drugs.
- The gang suspected that one of its members was an informer.
- The police paid an informer for the details of the plan.
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- An informer warned the officers about the raid.
- The villagers were afraid there was an informer among them.
- He was branded an informer by his neighbours.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
informer (countable noun)
A person who secretly gives the police information about a crime or criminal.
वह व्यक्ति जो पुलिस को अपराध या अपराधी की गुप्त सूचना देता है।
- An informer told the police where the stolen goods were.
- The gang discovered an informer among them.
informer on / against sb
Use on or against for the person who is reported.
जिसके बारे में सूचना दी जाए, उसके लिए 'on' या 'against' आता है।
- He became an informer against his own partners.
turn informer
To turn informer means to begin giving secret information to the authorities.
'Turn informer' का अर्थ अधिकारियों को गुप्त सूचना देना शुरू करना है।
- Facing jail, he turned informer.
informer vs inform / informant
Informer is negative; informant is neutral; inform is the verb.
Informer नकारात्मक है; informant तटस्थ है; inform क्रिया है।
- The informant helped researchers, while the informer helped the police.
+Collocations 5
adjective + informer
paidsecretpoliceundercoverunreliable
- A paid informer led the police to the hideout.
verb + informer
userecruitpayexposeprotect
- The police protected the informer's identity.
informer + verb
tip offbetrayrevealreportname
- The informer named three smugglers.
informer + noun
networkfeerewardtiplist
- The informer network helped catch the thieves.
informer + crime
informer on smugglinginformer on theftinformer on briberyinformer on terror
- The informer on bribery was given police protection.
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- The thieves were caught after an informer gave the police a tip.
एक मुखबिर के सुराग देने के बाद चोर पकड़े गए।
- Nobody trusted him because he was known as a police informer.
कोई उस पर भरोसा नहीं करता था क्योंकि वह पुलिस का मुखबिर माना जाता था।
- The informer asked for protection from the gang.
मुखबिर ने गिरोह से सुरक्षा माँगी।
- Radhika read a detective story about an informer in a mill town.
राधिका ने एक मिल-नगर के मुखबिर पर जासूसी कहानी पढ़ी।
- The customs department pays a reward to informers.
सीमा-शुल्क विभाग मुखबिरों को इनाम देता है।
- The old film shows an informer who regrets betraying his friends.
पुरानी फ़िल्म में एक मुखबिर है जो अपने मित्रों से विश्वासघात करने पर पछताता है।
- In the novel, the village barber is secretly the police informer.
उपन्यास में गाँव का नाई गुप्त रूप से पुलिस का मुखबिर है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The informer informed to the police.
✓ The informer informed the police.
Inform is transitive; no to comes before the person informed.
'Inform' transitive है; जिसे सूचना दी जाए उससे पहले 'to' नहीं आता।
✗ The informer gave informations to the police.
✓ The informer gave information to the police.
Information is uncountable and has no plural.
'Information' uncountable है और इसका बहुवचन नहीं होता।
◇Word family
?Which word?
Do not confuse an informer (a person who secretly tells the police about criminals) and an informant (anyone who gives information, for example to a researcher).
Informer (जो गुप्त रूप से पुलिस को अपराधियों के बारे में बताता है, मुख़बिर) और informant (कोई भी व्यक्ति जो जानकारी देता है, जैसे किसी शोधकर्ता को) को आपस में confuse न करें।