confidential informant
noun[C]
mainlyUSuk/kɒn.fɪˌden.ʃəl ɪnˈfɔː.mənt/us/kɑːn.fəˌden.ʃəl ɪnˈfɔːr.mənt/(abbreviationCI)apersonwhosecretlygivesinformationto thepoliceaboutcriminalactivity:
秘密线人FBIagentshad beenmonitoringphoneconversationsandreceivinginsideinformationfromconfidentialinformants.联邦调查局特工一直在监视电话交谈，并从秘密线人那里获得内部信息。
Prosecutorsallegedhesoldcrackcocaineandmarijuanatoconfidentialinformantsworkingforpolice.检察官指控他向为警方工作的秘密线人出售可卡因和大麻。
- Asconfidentialinformantssuppliedinformationtoagents, the samenameskeptcoming up.
- The Committeeexaminedthe FBI's use ofconfidentialinformantswhile thebureauwasinvestigatingorganizedcrimeactivities.
- ConfidentialinformantswarnedtheFBIthat somePoliceDepartmentofficerswouldaidcriminalsformoney.
- Thearrestreportsstatedthatinformationfrom aconfidentialinformantestablishedtheprobablecausefor making anarrest, not awiretap.
- Agents usedconfidentialinformantstoconnectan Alabama man and a New York man to theillegalsaleof 33guns.
Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks looseidiom
- amok
- amuck
- CI
- corybantic
- extravagance
- intemperately
- liberated
- like madidiom
- madding
- maniacal
- runaway
- spin out of controlidiom
- spread like wildfireidiom
- squirrelly
- tearaway
- unruly
- waywardness
- wig out
- wigged out