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

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

Half my mind told me that Tom might be a police informer.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane