as in informants
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 informers
And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informers
informants
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Shiwa Hassanpour, an activist with the human rights monitor Hengaw Organization, based in Iraq’s Kurdish region, said people have been shot for approaching the border, because Iranian forces suspect them of being spies or informants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Weathermen and Panthers held meetings together and exchanged intel about government surveillance and police informants.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Informers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informers. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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