as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the prison inmate swore that he'd get revenge if he ever found out who the snitcher was
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Maybe every second man in those crazy groups was an informant.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026 -
Sandweg said one of the director's most underappreciated responsibilities is managing that internal fault line, ensuring that ERO's highly visible arrest operations do not undermine HSI's ability to cultivate the confidential informants and foreign partnerships on which its work depends.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
18 May 2026
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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A little different from the regular radiant thanks to its rich canary tone, this three-stone jewelry piece absolutely makes a statement.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
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Healthcare workers are the canary in almost every Ebola outbreak.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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People typically get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice—normally when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, or sometimes through a bite or scratch—but officials say no rodents have been found on the MV Hondius ship.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The tree hangs over a fence that is used by squirrels (and an occasional rat) running between yards.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026
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Jane Kirtley, a former reporter, lawyer and longtime UMN professor, was awarded the John Borger Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday night.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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Jakob Rodgers is a senior breaking news reporter.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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“Snitcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitcher. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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