as in gossips
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
with the arrival of our other friend, we at last had a quorum of quidnuncs and enough material to while away a long lunch hour
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informants
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Breyer barred troops from such actions, including making arrests, searches, acting as informants and collecting evidence.—
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Records systems used by the Department of Justice and defense counsels have been breached, according to Politico, and the hack could expose highly sensitive information on informants, witnesses and sealed cases.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Quidnuncs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quidnuncs. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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