squealer
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈskwiːlər/
- Offensive
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soplón
- Nobody trusted him anymore after he became a squealer and leaked information to the authorities.
Examples
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Nobody likes a squealer.
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I'm not a squealer!
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Oh, look, honey, we have a squealer in the house.
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You think a squealer can get away from me?
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One guy was a squealer.
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You know I'm no squealer.
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Yeah, well, I'm not a squealer.
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I didn't want to be a squealer.
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The police caught the squealer who informed them about the robbery.
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In the crime film, the main character was betrayed by a squealer among his friends.
Synonyms
330
7.3
A person who betrays a group by telling secret information to outsiders
83
7.5
A person who secretly tells the police about someone else's bad actions
27
6.0
A person who secretly tells police about someone else's crimes to get money or protection
26
6.3
A person who breaks someone's trust by revealing secrets
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9.9
A person who gives the police secret information about criminals
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7.9
A person who tells secrets to the police or other people in power
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8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
Antonyms
How Willing to Inform
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5.6
- Offensive
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8.1
- Offensive
9
6.9
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2.5
84
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squealer also means an informer and comes from the verb squeal, originally 'to make a high cry'; people used that loud cry as a picture for 'telling' on someone. That's why a squealer is someone who 'tells' the police or others about someone else.