informer
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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
Martin was described as an informer within the IRA.
From BBC ● May 13, 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
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
"It is unevidenced and unhelpful conspiracy theorising. There was no evidence of anyone being allowed to continue in criminal ventures in order to protect informers," he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
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
