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
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
Moreland's daughter, Shauna, said she wanted to know why, if her mother was an informer, the state had not intervened to save her.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
“An informer? He already knows everyone who participated in the ‘Incident’”—Ayesha uses air quotes—“and he hasn’t hauled us away.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
It is a town full of exiles, planning revolution, waiting for asylum offers, always fearful of spies and informers, and living in a state of almost constant anxiety.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
The Gestapo relied on informers to report friends, family, and neighbors.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
