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informant

One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(linguistics, proscribed, _, in, _, the, _, US, _, and, _, Canada) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

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  • “good morning! Laurelai Bailey is a rapist, federal informant, and is in coordination with bluesky admins to harass and discredit people off this platform that would remind others of this”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Are you hunching an FBI informant? NSPM-7, social media and relationships. #BlackBeltBabe youtube.com/watch?v=zYVz...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I wonder if any of the maga journalists could be paid to ask a really really good question 🤔 I feel like it’s definitely possible…kinda like an informant”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “FBI informant who lied about Biden 'bribes' pleads guilty share.google/RTeUOC2ICCi5...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “his longest girlfriend, has faced charges for her time with Ray and the crimes she allegedly committed." --- When the FBI tried to turn Lawrence Ray into a confidential informant, his 'handler' mentioned above -- Gary Uher -- also served as Trump's bodyguard *in 2015*,”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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