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 key witness in convicting the suspects - Jack Whomes and Michael Steele - was police informer and so-called supergrass Darren Nicholls, from Braintree, who gave evidence against his former friends at their trial.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
In the months before he went to university, he carried out his military service, where he says he turned down an approach from the communist secret services to become an informer.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
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
It was a device by means of which everyone could be surrounded night and day by informers who knew him intimately.
From "1984" by George Orwell
