"confidential informant" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "Criminology",
          "orig": "en:Criminology",
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            "Sociology",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
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          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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        "A individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer."
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          "law",
          "law#English"
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        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "criminology",
          "criminology"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "secretly",
          "secretly"
        ],
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoer",
          "wrongdoer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, law enforcement, criminology) A individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "snitch"
        },
        {
          "word": "grass"
        },
        {
          "word": "mole"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "CI"
        },
        {
          "word": "C.I."
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "criminology",
        "government",
        "human-sciences",
        "law",
        "law-enforcement",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "indic"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "indic’"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "V-Mann"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)mənt/"
    },
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  "word": "confidential informant"
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    {
      "form": "confidential informants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "snitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "grass"
    },
    {
      "word": "mole"
    }
  ],
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        "en:Criminology",
        "en:Law",
        "en:Law enforcement",
        "en:People"
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      "glosses": [
        "A individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer."
      ],
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          "law",
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        ],
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "criminology",
          "criminology"
        ],
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          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "secretly",
          "secretly"
        ],
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
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          "police",
          "police"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoer",
          "wrongdoer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, law enforcement, criminology) A individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "criminology",
        "government",
        "human-sciences",
        "law",
        "law-enforcement",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)mənt/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "CI"
    },
    {
      "word": "C.I."
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "indic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "indic’"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "V-Mann"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confidential informant"
}