informants

Example Sentences

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And so you bet we paid these informants who shared information with us, and guess what we did with it?

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The evidence for this scheme consisted mostly of the fact that the law center relied on paid informants for its work, not unlike the FBI.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

“The Department of Justice also knows that these confidential informants helped law enforcement put violent extremists in jail.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The center also allegedly used fictitious business entities to pay the informants and is charged with money laundering and lying to a federally insured bank in connection with those transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The Cubans, tipped off by informants, were waiting for them.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau