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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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 -
The book’s cast of characters is immense, including spies and informers, dubious bankers, Mafiosos, terrorists, radical priests who support the poor, and conservatives who back right-wing dictators.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Another informant said Linda hit Todd over the head with a blunt object.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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The federal investigation of the NDP also raised concerns, involving payments to informants that strengthened a violent splinter group.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The other begins by recognizing that increasingly frequent and severe weather events are not outliers but warnings, as the canary in the coal mine.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Vidal stared at Buckley during this outburst with the expression of a cat that has just swallowed a very large canary.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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“Whistle-blower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistle-blower. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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