collaborators

noun

plural of collaborator
as in informants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborators
  1. informants
  2. informers
  3. accomplices
  4. partners
  5. cohorts
  6. confederates
Noun
  • The Justice Department unveiled this case against it, essentially arguing that SPLC had been defrauding its donors by paying informants within far-right groups who were infiltrating those groups.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • In 2020, for example, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed that their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Definition of informants
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informers
Noun
  • On the morning of October 19, the day of the robbery, the pair were instructed to meet two accomplices in Aubervilliers, a northeastern suburb of Paris.
    — Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 14 July 2026
  • No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger, but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of accomplices
Noun
  • Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies, alongside international law enforcement partners and host nation authorities, are all contributing to the security architecture for this tournament.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Those companies, known as delivery service partners, are responsible for paying the infraction.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • The results revealed the complexities of having debt while also spotlighting differences between generational cohorts.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
  • Previous Writers’ Colony cohorts included Duran Jones, Dorado Quick, Shahari Moore and Sunny Dae.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of cohorts
Noun
  • Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
    — Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit.
    — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of confederates
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