informers
Example Sentences
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US forces found Maduro because of inside informers, the stepfather said.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
It was, Mr. Corera writes, a “dead-end job,” but it offered access to documents that revealed the organization’s dark secrets, such as its labyrinth of informers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
"It is unevidenced and unhelpful conspiracy theorising. There was no evidence of anyone being allowed to continue in criminal ventures in order to protect informers," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024
And as in any prison, the wardens select “trusties” among the prisoners for rewards and to serve as informers.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023
Like Bentley, Whittaker Chambers—a prominent journalist for Time magazine—spent years as an underground Soviet agent in the 1930s, cultivating informers and passing secret documents to his contacts in the GRU, the USSR's military intelligence service.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
