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informants

NOUN

person who delivers news

Synonyms

WEAK

accuser adviser announcer betrayer blabbermouth canary crier deep throat double-crosser herald interviewer journalist messenger newscaster/newsperson notifier preacher propagandist rat reporter sneak source stool pigeon tattler tattletale

NOUN

informer

Synonyms

STRONG

canary fink nark rat sneak snitch source stoolie tattletale tipster

Example Sentences

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And so you bet we paid these informants who shared information with us, and guess what we did with it?

From Slate • May 4, 2026

“The Department of Justice also knows that these confidential informants helped law enforcement put violent extremists in jail.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The evidence for this scheme consisted mostly of the fact that the law center relied on paid informants for its work, not unlike the FBI.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Mr. Fair doesn’t explain what function the informants served for the SPLC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Ti Jean is also one of Farmer’s chief informants on local beliefs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French