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.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informers
informants
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Greylord was a watershed moment 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,
6 June 2026
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The charges do not stem from the general practice of paying informants but from the Justice Department's allegations that the SPLC made these payments without disclosing the practice to donors and by defrauding banks.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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“Informers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informers. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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