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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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As agents examined tax returns and other financial documents, SPLC’s spending on informants caught their attention, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Sacha Zala, president of the Swiss Society for History, is "absolutely sure there is nothing relevant about Mengele", but thinks there may be references to a foreign intelligence service or foreign informants.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

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

U.S. prosecutors carrying out such an initiative could turn to a large pool of potential informants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Based on leads from informants and from circumstantial evidence, the private detectives began to develop a crystalline theory of the crime.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann