Informer and Spy

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Informer

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Informer noun – A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.

Usage example: the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people

Spy is a synonym for informer in betrayer topic. In some cases you can use "Spy" instead a noun "Informer", when it comes to topics like stool pigeon.

Nearby Words: inform, information, informed, informant, informing

Synonyms for Informer

Spy

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Spy noun – A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.

Usage example: the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism

Informer is a synonym for spy in stool pigeon topic. You can use "Informer" instead a noun "Spy".

Nearby Word: spying

Synonyms for Spy

How words are described

best	best informer	best spy
former	former informer	former spy
titular	titular informer	titular spy
soviet	soviet informer	soviet spy

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Dirty Coward: Fikiri — Mama's Boy, spy and informer, liar, traitor; attacks children out of the Grey Space but runs away from hand-to-hand fights.

Source: Literature / The Rifter
The Rifter: Fikiri — Mama's Boy, spy and informer, liar, traitor; attacks children out of the Grey Space (where he moves invisibly) but runs away from hand-to-hand fights.

Source: Dirty Coward
The protagonist is too low of rank to go to the Fancy Dinners that would be expected of a Martini type spy, however his life as a street informer is rather romanticized.

Source: Spy Fiction