deep throat

noun

Definition of deep throatnext
as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years

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  1. informant
  2. informer
  3. canary
Noun
  • This information was passed off to the DEA from an informant working for the airline who was being paid whenever agents seized cash based on their tips.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But just as Tomás acclimates to his new life, he is asked by his former boss (and then threatened by state police forces) to essentially become an informant.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of informant
Noun
  • Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
  • Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
    Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of informer
Noun
  • In a lot of ways, Yastrzemski is a canary in the coal mine.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The songbirds, like canaries and starlings and so forth.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of canary
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