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 key witness in convicting the suspects - Jack Whomes and Michael Steele - was police informer and so-called supergrass Darren Nicholls, from Braintree, who gave evidence against his former friends at their trial.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Others claimed she was an informer, but this was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
He knew nothing about Blake's real identity, but neither was he a genuine informer; the KGB worked carefully with him to feed Blake documents and other bogus intelligence, which Blake then gave to MI6.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
Only two or three rescues of suspected informers were ever successfully carried out.
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
