as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people
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Recent Examples of informer
Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
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Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Victims included officials and members of the military and their cronies, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
—Grant Peck, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
The prison authorities also exercised tight control over every aspect of inmates’ lives, by relying on an extensive network of informers.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Over the past eight decades, the CCP has constructed a vast network of millions of informers and spies whose often-unpaid work has been critical to the regime’s survival.
—Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
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Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Victims included officials and members of the military and their cronies, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
—Grant Peck, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
The prison authorities also exercised tight control over every aspect of inmates’ lives, by relying on an extensive network of informers.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Over the past eight decades, the CCP has constructed a vast network of millions of informers and spies whose often-unpaid work has been critical to the regime’s survival.
—Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Informer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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