as in informants
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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Noun
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White newspaper editors were routinely imprisoned or forced to become police informants.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026 -
But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are no canaries there either.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Like canaries in the coal mine ocean form.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Welch said the contractor may make notes about a property, such as suggesting that residents clear debris and place piles of wood off the ground to make outdoor areas less attractive to rats.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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In this particular study, the researchers performed surgery on rats, removing a different organ from each rodent in an attempt to better understand which organ systems BPC-157 interacts with outside of the stomach.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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