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informant

[in-fawr-muhnt] / ɪnˈfɔr mənt /


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Inside, they thought they saw members of a gang called TMC, the informant said Perez told him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Paul Hare, a former British ambassador to Cuba and Venezuela, argued that Cuban intelligence underestimated US access to "insider cooperation in Venezuela" -- an informant within Maduro's camp.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Unlike McDonald, he didn’t buy into the outlaw code and was an FBI informant for at least two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Earlier this year, MI5 was forced to apologise after the BBC proved it gave false evidence to three courts in a case concerning a neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Perhaps most damagingly, two private eyes, including one from the Burns agency, tried to expose the bureau’s main informant, Kelsie Morrison.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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