informer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Victims included officials and members of the military as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
From Seattle Times
So, the former president thought “the American public should have the right to read” reports on spies and secret informers, and on how the United States’ interception of foreign leaders’ secret messages worked.
From Washington Post
He ended the use of paid informers by the Soviet police, introduced hot food for prisoners in pretrial detention and resisted efforts to use his ministry to suppress dissent.
From New York Times
In between these plaintive contemplations, bursts of ferocity occur: A man’s nose is nearly sawed off and a horde of inmates beat a possible informer to a pulp.
From New York Times
They are Ukraine's shadow army, a network of agents and informers who operate behind enemy lines.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
