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squealer

noun

Definition of squealer

as in informer

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing after finding out who told on them, the hoodlums proceeded to give the squealer the beating of his life

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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.

— Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
And so every regime invests in having student informers.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of informer

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Ellaboudy provided guidance to the informant on how to enhance the Houthis’ communications equipment.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Users will be able to request information on security officers, informants or recruitment targets based on their name, date or place of birth, mother's name, code name and document type or number.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of informant

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Astronauts bring them on journeys to keep an eye on whether or not the water filtration systems are working, much the way miners used to take canaries down to the coal mines to check for poisonous gas leaks.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
She’s made room for dozens of pets over the years, ranging from fluffy Chow Chows and Frenchies (her favorite breeds) to canaries, chinchillas, and beautifully fluffy cats.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of canary

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That includes a robotic ray driven by light-sensitive rat heart cells in 2016 and a fish robot with human heart cells that swam on its own in 2022.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
But of course where there’s one rat, there are usually more, and swarms of rats and an angry sea soon become the man’s antagonists.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

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