informant
Example Sentences
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Only recently has Tennessee acknowledged that it used a paid informant.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The informant excused himself to head upstairs to retrieve the money, a signal for Haitian police commandos to storm in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Paramount President Jeff Shell has fired back in his ugly feud with a Las Vegas gambler and FBI informant, contending that Robert “R.J.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Ryan won an award from the New York Press Club in 2018 for coverage of a jailhouse informant scandal in Detroit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
I did not wish to seem too eager, or to let my informant know or guess too much, so, thanking him in the usual manner, I strolled away.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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