On the 10th of February an indictment was lodged against Sestius for bribery by the informer Cn. Nerius, of the Pupinian tribe, arid on the same day by a certain M. Tullius for riot. He was ill. I went at once, as I was bound to do. to his house, and put myself wholly at his service: and that was more than people expected, who thought that I had good cause for being angry with him. The result is that my extreme kindness and grateful disposition are made manifest both to Sestius himself and to all the world, and I shall be as good as my word. But this same informer Nerius also named Cn.英文原著 · 《Letters of Cicero》
"So we were; but that was before we turned poachers ourselves. Now those fellows will turn the tables on us--take us to the sheriff and collect half the fine, which is fifty dollars, as informers."英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
"But they have killed elk too. We heard them shoot twice. Suppose we play the same game on them that they intend to play on us. We can play informers too, then we'll at least be quits."英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
"If that is the case, Mr. Sheriff," said Ralph, "I must beg of you to release the poor fellow who chased us. I don't wish any informer's fee, nor have I any desire to get him into trouble."英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
"That may be; but I shall then turn my informer's fee over to him, which will reduce his fine from fifty dollars to twenty-five dollars."英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
On March 11, 1797, a new law increased the amount of fines, half of which was to be given to the informer. (Same collection, vol. 525.) On February 16, 1816, a new law confirmed these same measures. (Same collection, vol. 405.) Similar enactments exist in the laws of the State of New York, revised in 1827 and 1828. (See Revised Statutes, Part I. chapter 20, p. 675.) In these it is declared that no one is allowed on the Sabbath to sport, to fish, to play at games, or to frequent houses where liquor is sold.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-2》
That's the way he says, "I love you." Of all the animals, this one is the one that sounds the most like an informer being tortured.美剧 · 《Modern Family》