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

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

Caroline Moreland's daughter, Shauna, said she wanted to know why, if her mother was an informer, the state had not intervened to save her.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

His family has strongly rejected the IRA's claim that he was an informer.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

And certain knowledge of an informer too . . . well, that was the plum in his pudding.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin