informants

Example Sentences

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Informants sometimes broke up labor movement meetings and tracked people accused, for instance, of checking out German-language books from the library.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024

Informants in safe houses and churches run by ethnic Koreans in northeast China send “SOS signals” about defectors’ presence.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Informants and undercover FBI agents were inside Fox’s group for months, making recordings and collecting evidence.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Informants are rarely recorded on official documents, so once the work is completed, it can be difficult for them to receive protection or economic aid.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2019

Informants knew of no significant activities which went on in those areas, although they thought that antelope were occasionally hunted there.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.