Informant
Informant noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
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Synonyms for Informant
Reporter and informant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reporter" instead a noun "Informant".
Reporter
Reporter noun - A person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news.
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Synonyms for Reporter
Informant and reporter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Informant" instead a noun "Reporter".
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Related pairs
- author and informant
- author and reporter
- authority and informant
- authority and reporter
- adviser and informant
- adviser and reporter
- source and informant
- source and reporter
- tattler and informant
- tattler and reporter
- journalist and informant
- journalist and reporter
- informer and informant
- informer and reporter
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Hilariously subverted in one The Far Side comic which shows a reporter saying 'Our next guest is an organized crime informant.
Source: Face Framed in Shadow - An informant is moments away from telling a reporter the name of the killer, but he first decides to go count the money he's being paid in the bathroom of the pub where they're meeting.
Source: Idiot Ball / Film -
An Intrepid Reporter named Valerie is investigating the matter and hires Jack Carver, a drunk boat captain who was formerly a member of special forces, to take her there to meet her informant Max, who is also her uncle.
Source: Film / Far Cry
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