informant

Example Sentences

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Yusuf, the legal guardian to some of the Maga girls and whose name has also been changed to protect his identity, believes such kidnappings could not have happened without informants in the community.

From BBC

During their monthlong case, the defense introduced testimony from other Proud Boys — including one who was working as an F.B.I. informant — who also disputed the idea that any plot existed.

From New York Times

More Proud Boys members testified for the defense than for the government, including one who has pleaded guilty to a crime and another who on Jan. 6 was an FBI informant.

From Washington Post

It has turned citizens against the government in Kyiv, he said, and pushed informants into the arms of the Russian proxy forces that took hold of parts of eastern Ukraine in 2014.

From New York Times

Chief Kirdiapkin said he spent much of his time rescuing victims from missile and rocket attacks and tracking down the informants who work as Russia’s eyes and ears on the ground.

From New York Times