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informant

[in-fawr-muhnt] / ɪnˈfɔr mənt /


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After the fifth controlled purchase, Paul approached the informant’s friend, the DU member who had connected the informant to Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

She added to the informant on an encrypted messaging app that she had "picked up some anarchist literature at the social justice center" which "could have some good tips."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Vincent Pastore, best known for playing gangster informant Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

He traveled in a van with Abdel-Rahman and Emad Salem, the government informant who later became a key witness in the federal case against Abdel-Rahman.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Was it possible that the informant was simply lying to get the reward?

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In 1962, a full 17 percent of the membership was reported to be federal informants.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Many told us they referred to Luka as "The Spider" because of his vast web of allies and informants, including some embedded in rebel groups.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Its officers, who wear civilian clothes, have a network of undercover agents and informants dedicated to monitoring and infiltrating dissident movements and independent groups such as art collectives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

In that ruling, the top court had said that Muslim men who were placed on the government's no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants could seek to hold federal agents financially liable.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Based on leads from informants and from circumstantial evidence, the private detectives began to develop a crystalline theory of the crime.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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