as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
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Recent Examples of informant
More recently, the Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center — a civil rights nonprofit accused by Republicans of targeting conservatives in its work tracking extremists — with defrauding donors through payments to informants.
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James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Jordan cited accusations that paid informants associated with the organization’s former field-source program encouraged participation in extremist events while working undercover inside hate groups.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
9 June 2026
The small town addiction story blew up into a Breaking Bad misadventure, with Rue used as a pawn by rival criminal factions and an informant for the DEA.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2026
Court records show that the attorney never spoke with the informant or looked into the detective on the case, who made headlines after being benched for secretly paying a witness.
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Samantha Melamed,
ProPublica,
19 May 2026
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James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Jordan cited accusations that paid informants associated with the organization’s former field-source program encouraged participation in extremist events while working undercover inside hate groups.
—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
9 June 2026
The small town addiction story blew up into a Breaking Bad misadventure, with Rue used as a pawn by rival criminal factions and an informant for the DEA.
—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2026
Court records show that the attorney never spoke with the informant or looked into the detective on the case, who made headlines after being benched for secretly paying a witness.
—
Samantha Melamed,
ProPublica,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informant
informer
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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.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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