tipster
Example Sentences
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A tipster in the southern U.S. recalled overhearing a conversation that seemed to connect a local woman to the pipe bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Booth, whose business was built on premium rate phone lines, had made a name for himself as a top tipster.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
One of them, Nicole Palomino, later told Morris that she had expressed concerns early on about not knowing who the anonymous tipster was.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
It wasn’t just Rodríguez’s tipster — whom he refused to identify to the AP but says was recently interviewed by the FBI.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
It seems an anonymous tipster just phoned in a report of a major book burglary.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
