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informants

NOUN

person who delivers news

Synonyms

WEAK

accuser adviser announcer betrayer blabbermouth canary crier deep throat double-crosser herald interviewer journalist messenger newscaster/newsperson notifier preacher propagandist rat reporter sneak source stool pigeon tattler tattletale

NOUN

informer

Synonyms

STRONG

canary fink nark rat sneak snitch source stoolie tattletale tipster

Example Sentences

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Sacha Zala, president of the Swiss Society for History, is "absolutely sure there is nothing relevant about Mengele", but thinks there may be references to a foreign intelligence service or foreign informants.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And so you bet we paid these informants who shared information with us, and guess what we did with it?

From Slate • May 4, 2026

“The Department of Justice also knows that these confidential informants helped law enforcement put violent extremists in jail.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

F is for “field source,” the SPLC’s term for inside informants it paid to gather intelligence on white-supremacist groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Others had a kernel of truth, misunderstood or exaggerated by the explorers or their informants.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan