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
But being an informant implies some formal connection and ongoing relationship with the FBI.
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Turner, the last Boston city councilor to be probed by the feds, was convicted for pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an informant who claimed to be seeking a liquor license.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Although no violence occurred, prosecutors alleged that Schimenti at one point expressed to an undercover informant a desire to attack soldiers at the base, which was near his home.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Once behind bars, Limon-Gonzalez discovered an unnamed government informant had given up information about him in December 2022, authorities say.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Turner, the last Boston city councilor to be probed by the feds, was convicted for pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an informant who claimed to be seeking a liquor license.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Although no violence occurred, prosecutors alleged that Schimenti at one point expressed to an undercover informant a desire to attack soldiers at the base, which was near his home.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Once behind bars, Limon-Gonzalez discovered an unnamed government informant had given up information about him in December 2022, authorities say.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informant
informer
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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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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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