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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

A customer at a reptile trade show turned out to be a federal informer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2023

Until the day she died, Sybil insisted Mingo was the informer.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?"

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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