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

"Touting" - acting as an informant on the IRA - was seen as the ultimate betrayal.

From BBC

Mr Justice Knowles accepted the claimant's evidence that the Taliban had had informants on the court's staff during his time as a judge - some of whom now hold high-ranking positions in the government.

From BBC

The case, chronicling a son’s decision to become an informant against his father, has elements of a modern-day Sophoclean tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

The widow of a man murdered by the IRA as an informer, has told the BBC that the British Army tried to recruit her as an informant.

From BBC