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informer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer |
| Type of | informant, source |
| Has types | fink, grass, nark, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, canary, supergrass, copper's nark |
| Derivation | inform |
Examples of informer
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One informer at Guantanamo was released after incriminating 123 other prisoners.
From the theaustralian.com.au
The proposed hit man was actually an informer working for U.S. law enforcement.
From the stltoday.com
It was believed that one out of every four Romanians was a Securitate informer.
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One former informer, a friend of Basardah's, has been sent back to his home, Iraq.
From the washingtonpost.com
One of them becomes an informer for the NKVD and finally a full-fledged agent.
From the time.com
These mutilations cause a general panic, and Andocides is induced to turn informer.
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Hayes was believed at the time to have been an informer on, and traitor to, the IRA.
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He stated that in 1988 an informer told him of an IRA death threat against Buchanan.
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It isn't clear who the masked man is, perhaps an intelligence source or an informer.
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- One who reveals confidential information in return for money
- "Informer" is a 1992 single by Canadian reggae musician Snow, featuring MC Shan as guest artist and producer, from Snow's debut album 12 Inches of Snow. The single was released shortly before Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. ...
- The Informer is a 1912 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress.
- The Informer is a 1929 British drama film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward and Carl Harbord. It was based on the novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty which was more famously adapted in the 1935 film The Informer. ...
- The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film, released by RKO. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence, set in 1922. It stars Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor and J.M. Kerrigan. ...
- The Informer is a novel by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty published in 1925. It received the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
- (Informers) An informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. ...
- (The Informers) The Informers is a collection of short stories, seemingly linked by the same continuity, authored by American author Bret Easton Ellis. It was first published as a whole in 1994. ...
- One who informs someone else about something; A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity
