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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The comedy that launches the action—J’s meet-cute with a woman called Parm (Karen Black) while stealing her car—soon curdles into cruel absurdity as policemen (Ed Madsen and a young Robert De Niro) force J to become an informant.
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Dunmore’s informants quickly reported the guards’ absence and roused him from sleep at the nearby Governor’s Palace.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The team is rounded out by Fredricks, the youngest member who provides comic relief while maintaining a positive team spirit, and Constable Sushil, a seasoned officer with an extensive network of informants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
That informant recanted her testimony in 2011, but neither a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals or a federal district court found that prosecutors had violated Holberg's constitutional right to a fair trial.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Dunmore’s informants quickly reported the guards’ absence and roused him from sleep at the nearby Governor’s Palace.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The team is rounded out by Fredricks, the youngest member who provides comic relief while maintaining a positive team spirit, and Constable Sushil, a seasoned officer with an extensive network of informants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
That informant recanted her testimony in 2011, but neither a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals or a federal district court found that prosecutors had violated Holberg's constitutional right to a fair trial.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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