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
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
A tape was later obtained by the BBC, in which Dignam admitted to being an informer for the British security services.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
In the months before he went to university, he carried out his military service, where he says he turned down an approach from the communist secret services to become an informer.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
At Blackcliff we learn to classify people: civilian, combatant, enemy, ally, informer, defector.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
Judge Sherrard said there is no evidence that informers were protected after the Kingsmills massacre, the coroner has said.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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
Agents and informers continued to spy on the Fischers, and the idea that Big Brother could always be watching haunted Regina.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
