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
Security expert Abdullahi Abdullahi said he believed armed groups are not just getting help from security forces, but from civilian informants.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The group paid informants starting in the 1980s, sometimes using fictitious companies to disguise the payments, according to the indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Sacha Zala, president of the Swiss Society for History, is "absolutely sure there is nothing relevant about Mengele", but thinks there may be references to a foreign intelligence service or foreign informants.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Over one thousand Panthers were jailed, many on false charges, as a result of informants, perpetual surveillance, and other law enforcement tactics that would later become defining features of the War on Drugs.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
