informer
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There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop, a snitch, a stool pigeon, an informer.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
The former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said he was insulted by the BBC's response to his complaint about a Spotlight programme dealing with the murder of informer Denis Donaldson.
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
The former Sinn Féin president believes he was defamed in a 2016 programme which, he claims, was wrong to allege he sanctioned the murder of an informer, Denis Donaldson.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
He had lived across the street from DeLorean’s home in San Diego County and had turned informer in hopes of leniency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
There’s a recklessness in her, she can be pushed just so far, she has a weak sense of honor, she’s reliable only as an informer.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
US forces found Maduro because of inside informers, the stepfather said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
It was, Mr. Corera writes, a “dead-end job,” but it offered access to documents that revealed the organization’s dark secrets, such as its labyrinth of informers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
One of the three suspected informers was Johnny Dignam, a 32-year-old IRA member and former Republican prisoner from Portadown.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
And as in any prison, the wardens select “trusties” among the prisoners for rewards and to serve as informers.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2023
His informers updated him about relevant items on the agendas of various city and county boards.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
