as in informers
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 setup is sensible for structural reasons, as informants naturally would have no information about secret, unheard of threats, though having to reload before the encounter and alter party formations still feels forced and clunky.
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Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
If the public comes to see the Justice Department as compromised, will witnesses and informants continue to cooperate?
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Julian’s mother Vivienne (Gillian Anderson) takes special care of Sara, keeping her fed, making her clothes and fiercely protecting her from the gaze of nosy neighbors who might be Nazi informants.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
If the public comes to see the Justice Department as compromised, will witnesses and informants continue to cooperate?
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Julian’s mother Vivienne (Gillian Anderson) takes special care of Sara, keeping her fed, making her clothes and fiercely protecting her from the gaze of nosy neighbors who might be Nazi informants.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Informants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informants. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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