ATTESTER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

attester

noun

Definition of attester

as in witness

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But the ransom plot fell apart when witnesses notified police, who apprehended the carjackers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Another prosecutor in Sandusky’s case, Frank Fina, is still on the witness list.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of witness

Noun

Taylor Rooks provides features with the game’s brightest stars, and NFL reporter James Palmer delivers news from around the league.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Rios was not charged in connection with the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a pilot, an NBC4 reporter and a bystander.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Diiorio tried to pay a confidential informant to kill her ex-boyfriend, a Philadelphia police officer, and his then 19-year-old daughter, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey first reported in April 2025.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Among the cooperating witnesses expected to testify is Joseph Vincent, a former Drug Enforcement Administration informant who did not testify in the first trial.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of informant

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