informer
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Panicked, Capra, already “an informer for the FBI,” wrote a letter to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
Martin was described as an informer within the IRA.
From BBC ● May 13, 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
They relished any news about what was happening at Hogwarts, though Phineas Nigellus was not an ideal informer.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
Haggarty was questioned about other informers in the UVF.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
And as in any prison, the wardens select “trusties” among the prisoners for rewards and to serve as informers.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2023
If they lost it was because of traitors and informers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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