informant

Example Sentences

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Victims of the extortion racket include two women who were arrested last month after a police informant said he had seen them kissing in the northern Ugandan city of Arua.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

According to the informant, Perez said he was driving with three others in his green Honda Accord when they spotted a pickup truck.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Paul Hare, a former British ambassador to Cuba and Venezuela, argued that Cuban intelligence underestimated US access to "insider cooperation in Venezuela" -- an informant within Maduro's camp.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Earlier this year, MI5 was forced to apologise after the BBC proved it gave false evidence to three courts in a case concerning a neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

At trial, the judge finds that the entire sweep was based on the testimony of a single informant who lied to the prosecution.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander