informer
Example Sentences
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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
A customer at a reptile trade show turned out to be a federal informer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
George Davis is a stool pigeon, an informer and a traitor to the German government.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
