Informant
Informant noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
Usage example: the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
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Synonyms for Informant
Spy and informant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spy" instead a noun "Informant".
Spy
Spy noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
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Synonyms for Spy
Nearby Word: spying
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Instead, Mace not only insults Anakin by denying him Master rank, but also sets him up as an informant for the Council in Palpatine's office; and a resentful spy is the best kind of spy.
Source: Film / Revenge of the Sith - Jennifer is in Metal Gear as a snobby informant and Snake's Revenge as a sexy, backstabbing spy.
Source: One Steve Limit / Video Games -
For Want of a Nail: Wolfgang Kapp makes a speech to parliament instead of a coup while a nameless informant leaks that Adolf Hitler is a Reichswehr spy in the DAP.
Source: Literature / Weimar World
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