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Synonyms for informants
in·for·mants
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List of paraphrases for "informants":
informant, respondents, informers, interviewees, referees, whistle-blowers, whistleblowers, stakeholders, interlocutors, contacts
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2301 | contacts | |
#6390 | respondents | |
#8329 | stakeholders | |
#21526 | referees | |
#29788 | informant | |
#38029 | interviewees | |
#38910 | informants | |
#68254 | whistleblowers | |
#102928 | informers | |
#107394 | interlocutors |
How to use informants in a sentence?
We heard from a lot of whistle-blowers and other informants who have given us information. And not just … related strictly to the latest allegations.
Some informants spied on their neighbors because they actually believed the propaganda… Some denounced their enemies in order to settle personal grudges. Some were driven by their own fears to attempt to deflect attention away from themselves…Some were motivated by the sense of power turning in their neighbors gave them.
They say there's no honor among thieves. You would still get, I think, good leads, if [ informants ] can do State Department anonymously and they get paid anonymously, even if they're quasi state-sponsored, they might just do State Department. Because money's still king.
Agents build trust with people and recruit them to help, and these informants often get paid in return, being unable to pay informants destroys that relationship of trust that is so key to recruiting people to report crime.
It is inconceivable that The US government has not used cryptocurrency to paid undercover informants or sources.
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