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betrayer

noun

as in informer

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing the arrested drug dealer vowed that he would get his revenge on his betrayer

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one who betrays a trust or an allegiance the betrayer of Anne Frank's family in Amsterdam has never been identified for certain

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Recent Examples of betrayer The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 Judas, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, was believed to be the 13th Apostle to join the table at the Last Supper. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026

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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

Definition of informer

Noun

Information for the charges came from multiple sources, including citizen informants, who had observed Wolff hunting on their property, observations made by wardens while on patrol, and surveillance.

— David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Of course, the agency must protect confidential information, including the identities of informants, but the path of its decision-making should be made clear.

— Charity Ryerson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Dollywood thus became our Disneyland — from the Tennessee Tornado to the Wild Eagle to the Mystery Mine with the dead canary collapsing before the big drop.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Interspersed throughout the myriad activations of Monterey Car Week is the most important facet for the collector community, and that’s the array of auctions that serve as either an optimistic barometer reading or an ailing canary in the coal mine.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026

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