as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people
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Recent Examples of informer
The informer has a criminal record, mostly for theft, the Bee reported.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The law also would have allowed foreign nationals, including the millions of Afghans living in Iran, to work as informers reporting women not wearing the hijab.
—Amir Vahdat and Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Both groups are infiltrated by police informers.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.
—Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The law also would have allowed foreign nationals, including the millions of Afghans living in Iran, to work as informers reporting women not wearing the hijab.
—Amir Vahdat and Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Both groups are infiltrated by police informers.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.
—Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informer
informant
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That man would also become an FBI informant in the case, according to the document.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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After his arrest, Snake works with law enforcement to become an informant but ultimately sets them up.—
Carrie Wittmer,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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“Informer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informer. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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