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
The former Sinn Féin president believes he was defamed in a 2016 programme which, he claims, was wrong to allege he sanctioned the murder of an informer, Denis Donaldson.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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
She could not believe her husband was an informer.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
They relished any news about what was happening at Hogwarts, though Phineas Nigellus was not an ideal informer.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
There will be extra powers for investigators, and a special, protected status for informers.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
And as in any prison, the wardens select “trusties” among the prisoners for rewards and to serve as informers.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2023
The movement had been infiltrated with informers, and even well-intentioned people were generally not as tight-lipped as they should have been.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
