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turn informer

VERB

betray

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon deceive forsake mislead seduce

STRONG

bluff cross delude desert finger jilt knife trick

WEAK

be unfaithful bite the hand that feeds you blow the whistle break faith break promise break trust break with commit treason deliver up double-cross go back on inform against inform on let down play Judas play false sell down the river sell out stab in the back take in turn in turn state's evidence walk out on

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist help stay

WEAK

be faithful be loyal be quiet defend hide keep secret protect support

VERB

stab in the back

Synonyms

WEAK

abandon backstab be disloyal be unfaithful betray break promise commit treason cross deceive double-cross finger go back on inform on play Judas sell down the river sell out trick turn in turn traitor

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Shannon’s description of the ruthlessly transactional Le Roux recalibrating his new reality — “eyes twinkling like a computer rebooting” — to turn informer aboard the plane from Liberia, is priceless.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019

Pressures on ordinary citizens to turn informer are great.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the agents warned him that his life was in danger, Fratianno decided to turn informer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But what if this is some one who really wants to turn informer?"

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

I don't want you to turn informer and I shan't ask you another question.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

turn informer

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