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
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 1990, following a police raid on a house during the interrogation of a suspected informer, he and its other members were replaced because the IRA believed the unit had been infiltrated.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
His family has strongly rejected the IRA's claim that he was an informer.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
Half my mind told me that Tom might be a police informer.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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 informers disappeared, and others refused to take their places.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
