deep throat

Definition of deep throatnext
as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years

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Noun
  • Two years ago, an FBI informant met with a South Florida man who expressed his desire to join an anti-government militia and build a bomb targeting a New York City landmark, the FBI said.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Restaurants As The Canary The restaurant industry is a useful canary for any business watching this dynamic.
    Michael Lukianoff, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Deep throat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep%20throat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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