informants

Example Sentences

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Informants sometimes broke up labor movement meetings and tracked people accused, for instance, of checking out German-language books from the library.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024

Informants in safe houses and churches run by ethnic Koreans in northeast China send “SOS signals” about defectors’ presence.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Informants “acknowledge that they have done misdeeds and say ‘now you should believe me.’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

Informants close to Putin are very rare, according to current and former officials.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

Informants connected the term to the Smokey Stover strip.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.