informer

Example Sentences

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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

"I think that's probably the only way it's going to be solved - someone on the inside becomes an informer."

From BBC • Jun. 22, 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

His family has strongly rejected the IRA's claim that he was an informer.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

I scrupulously avoided discussing with him any matters of a political or sensitive nature on the grounds that he might also have been an informer.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela