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informer

[in-fawr-mer] / ɪnˈfɔr mər /


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There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop, a snitch, a stool pigeon, an informer.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025

He had lived across the street from DeLorean’s home in San Diego County and had turned informer in hopes of leniency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

Moreland's daughter, Shauna, said she wanted to know why, if her mother was an informer, the state had not intervened to save her.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024

In 1990, following a police raid on a house during the interrogation of a suspected informer, he and its other members were replaced because the IRA believed the unit had been infiltrated.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

George Davis is a stool pigeon, an informer and a traitor to the German government.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

US forces found Maduro because of inside informers, the stepfather said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

It was, Mr. Corera writes, a “dead-end job,” but it offered access to documents that revealed the organization’s dark secrets, such as its labyrinth of informers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Haggarty was questioned about other informers in the UVF.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

And as in any prison, the wardens select “trusties” among the prisoners for rewards and to serve as informers.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2023

I thought David would be able to help me somehow, and instead he wants us to become informers?

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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