References
"An Informer is a protected Cheater, or a Knave in authoritie, licenced by authority."
John Stephens, 1615
"There is nothing in Nature so base and Contemptable as one of his Quality."
Anonymous, 1675
"They are commonly observ'd to be the worst, and most Brutish, and Degenerate of Mankind. (...) They are usually taken to be the very Pest of Society."
Samuel Bolde, 1682
"He is the complete sneak."
Sir Gerald Hurst, 1934