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 Nazis set up secret squads in the camps to conduct beatings and killings of prisoners thought to be too friendly with U.S. officials or were accused of being informers.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
Reporting from human intelligence assets – spies or unwitting informers with firsthand or secondhand knowledge – may provide information on internal Iranian assessments.
—Joshua Rovner, The Conversation, 2 July 2025
The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
Reporting from human intelligence assets – spies or unwitting informers with firsthand or secondhand knowledge – may provide information on internal Iranian assessments.
—Joshua Rovner, The Conversation, 2 July 2025
The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informer
informant
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Rios’ attorneys contend that the case had gone cold when Guevara, who at the time was a gang crimes specialist, not a homicide detective, inserted himself into the investigation by claiming two confidential informants had fingered Rios as the gunman.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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An informant with Talanoa Law and Justice told researchers that drugs impact the areas of the brain that control thinking and emotions.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Informer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informer. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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