- plural of informant.
informants
Example Sentences
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Federal prosecutors accused Heidi Beirich of helping to facilitate secret payments to informants from extremist groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
A former director at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested for allegedly overseeing secret payments to informants from white supremacist groups, federal authorities said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In April 2025, the governor of Nigeria's embattled Borno state, Babagana Zulum, alleged that informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents were operating within the country's armed forces, political class and local communities.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The island’s internal espionage and counterintelligence apparatus includes some 100,000 officials and informants who spy on the population and monitor every street, workplace and university, García said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
While the detectives were trying to establish a connection between the slayings of Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown, Comstock passed on tidbits that he collected from his network of informants.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
