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informant

[in-fawr-muhnt] / ɪnˈfɔr mənt /


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After the fifth controlled purchase, Paul approached the informant’s friend, the DU member who had connected the informant to Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

You could argue that an informant has to participate to some degree in order to stay inside these groups.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Bowie told the informant that she would "make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe" and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

An informant would tell them the attack was rooted in a chain-snatching at the Lakewood Mall two months earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

It was someone whom the agents knew all too well: Kelsie Morrison, their undercover informant who had supposedly been working with the agents to identify the third man.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In 1962, a full 17 percent of the membership was reported to be federal informants.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

He would also know who Hamas suspected of being enemy informants, and how they were being pursued, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

A former director at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested for allegedly overseeing secret payments to informants from white supremacist groups, federal authorities said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Many told us they referred to Luka as "The Spider" because of his vast web of allies and informants, including some embedded in rebel groups.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

In fairness, however, other Southern whites roundly condemned it and claimed it was not as typical as my informants suggested.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin




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