informant
Example Sentences
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Arguing for secrecy, the security service told judges it had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying informants' identities.
From BBC
Paramount President Jeff Shell has fired back in his ugly feud with a Las Vegas gambler and FBI informant, contending that Robert “R.J.”
From Los Angeles Times
Reporters are not police informants, we don't as a rule pass on information.
From BBC
According to the informant, Perez said he was driving with three others in his green Honda Accord when they spotted a pickup truck.
From Los Angeles Times
Sometimes it plays out smoothly, like when he talks Roman history with informant Frank Pentangeli in “Part II,” letting him know that his family would be taken care of should he die.
From Los Angeles Times
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