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informant

[in-fawr-muhnt] / ɪnˈfɔr mənt /


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The informant excused himself to head upstairs to retrieve the money, a signal for Haitian police commandos to storm in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

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

Ere many minutes had elapsed, I was again on my feet, however, and again searching something—a resource, or at least an informant.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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