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Synonyms of whistle-blower
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
- there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance
Synonyms for whistle-blower
- betrayer,
- canary
- [slang],
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat,
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- telltale
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“Whistle-blower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistle-blower. Accessed 7 Apr. 2020.
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