as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years
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The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
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However, some members of the Hole in the Wall Gang got busted in 1981 for stealing from a home furnishings store, and Cullotta — one of those busted — became an informant.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Restaurants As The Canary The restaurant industry is a useful canary for any business watching this dynamic.
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The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
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Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
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“Deep throat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep%20throat. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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