Usage Note
informateur refers to a person who provides inside information, especially to police or journalists. The feminine form is informatrice. In law-enforcement contexts indicateur (familiarly indic) is a near-synonym used interchangeably.
Examples
"La police a protégé son informateur."
Natural Translation
The police protected their informer.

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