as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance
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Noun
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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
Noun
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But, during the trials, you were named as someone who interrogated Aquash for being an informant.—
Nick Estes,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Privacy advocates have expressed concern that the program, and Ring’s accompanying Neighbors app, have heightened the risk of racial profiling and turned residents into informants, with few guardrails around how law enforcement can use the material.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Chicago Public Schools is the canary in the coal mine.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Hara's grandfather was a superintendent at one of the canaries on Terminal Island.—
Claire Wang,
NBC news,
31 May 2025
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“Whistle-blower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistle-blower. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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