turn informer
Example Sentences
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Shannon’s description of the ruthlessly transactional Le Roux recalibrating his new reality — “eyes twinkling like a computer rebooting” — to turn informer aboard the plane from Liberia, is priceless.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019
When the agents warned him that his life was in danger, Fratianno decided to turn informer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pressures on ordinary citizens to turn informer are great.
From Time Magazine Archive
She did not suppose Netta would turn informer to Miss Roscoe, but she might very possibly mention the matter to Winnie, who would tell Beatrice, who would promptly tell Father.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley
It could not be necessary to turn informer and voice suspicions which, after all, might prove to have been entirely groundless.
From The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life by Dixon, Arthur A.
