as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
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The source of the information was an informant, a former friend and associate of Farzam who turned on him, according to state DOJ investigation reports obtained by CNN.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Donaghy’s scheme was only discovered through a broader FBI investigation of organized crime figures when an informant gave them a tip.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
At the time, Jackson accused Big Meech of having been a federal informant, an accusation Flenory vehemently denied.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The informant purported to have information about Maduro’s planes, according to three of the officials familiar with the matter.
—Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Donaghy’s scheme was only discovered through a broader FBI investigation of organized crime figures when an informant gave them a tip.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
At the time, Jackson accused Big Meech of having been a federal informant, an accusation Flenory vehemently denied.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The informant purported to have information about Maduro’s planes, according to three of the officials familiar with the matter.
—Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informant
informer
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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