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informer

noun

in-ˈfȯr-mər

Definition of informer

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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 Reporting from human intelligence assets – spies or unwitting informers with firsthand or secondhand knowledge – may provide information on internal Iranian assessments. — Joshua Rovner, The Conversation, 2 July 2025 The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 10 June 2025 Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for informer

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informant

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Ziccarelli said that Cochran claimed the charges were withdrawn because the defendant was working as a confidential informant.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, an FBI informant who had helped recruit the squad of commandos, had learned of the constitutional obstacles after consulting with an Ecuadorian lawyer, José Antonio Corrales.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

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