informer
Example Sentences
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Victims included officials and members of the military as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
From Seattle Times
Within a matter of days, Mr Donaldson admitted having been an informer.
From BBC
Eventually that day in Duduza, the bishops prevailed and the alleged informer was driven away.
From New York Times
He demonstrated his personal bravery in 1985 when, still a bishop, he helped to rescue a Black police informer from a mob in Duduza, a South African township.
From New York Times
When anti-apartheid activists began targeting for death purported government collaborators, Archbishop Tutu several times waded into angry mobs of demonstrators to rescue alleged informers.
From Washington Post
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