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 lawsuit also alleges authorities relied on testimony from a jailhouse informant who received benefits in exchange for cooperating, while failing to disclose information that could have undermined his credibility.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Justice Department accuses the group of fraud in connection with its payments to informants.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 May 2026
Greylord was a watershed in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Paying informants is not a crime, and the government has provided no evidence that the SPLC’s donors were duped about the SPLC’s practice of sending such payments, which is the foundation of the wire-fraud allegation.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
The Justice Department accuses the group of fraud in connection with its payments to informants.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 May 2026
Greylord was a watershed in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Paying informants is not a crime, and the government has provided no evidence that the SPLC’s donors were duped about the SPLC’s practice of sending such payments, which is the foundation of the wire-fraud allegation.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informant
informer
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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