"confidential informant" meaning in English

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          "name": "Criminology",
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            "Social sciences",
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          "name": "Law enforcement",
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            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
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            "Public safety",
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            "Criminal law",
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        "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."
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          "individual",
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          "secretly",
          "secretly"
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          "provide",
          "provide"
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          "information",
          "information"
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          "police",
          "police"
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          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
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          "relationship",
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          "wrongdoer",
          "wrongdoer"
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        "(law, law enforcement, criminology) 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."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "snitch"
        },
        {
          "word": "grass"
        },
        {
          "word": "mole"
        }
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          "word": "CI"
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        {
          "word": "C.I."
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      "topics": [
        "criminology",
        "government",
        "human-sciences",
        "law",
        "law-enforcement",
        "sciences"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "indic"
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "indic’"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "V-Mann"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(law, law enforcement, criminology) 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."
      ],
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        "criminology",
        "government",
        "human-sciences",
        "law",
        "law-enforcement",
        "sciences"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "indic"
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      "sense": "person who secretly provides information to the police",
      "tags": [
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