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the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.
—Literary Hub, 22 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
Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.
—Literary Hub, 22 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
Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Informer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/informer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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informer
noun
in·form·er
in-ˈfȯr-mər 
: someone who informs
especially
: a person who informs against someone else
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