informant

Example Sentences

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According to Jones, the informant said Perez was “haunted” by her death and started going to church.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Ryan won an award from the New York Press Club in 2018 for coverage of a jailhouse informant scandal in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 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

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

I would’ve snapped at him if he weren’t my only informant about East Shoal—and my only friend.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia