as in informants
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 informers
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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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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.
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David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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.
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David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informers
informants
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More recently, the Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center — a civil rights nonprofit accused by Republicans of targeting conservatives in its work tracking extremists — with defrauding donors through payments to informants.
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Jordan cited accusations that paid informants associated with the organization’s former field-source program encouraged participation in extremist events while working undercover inside hate groups.
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“Informers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informers. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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