informer
Example Sentences
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Victims included officials and members of the military and their cronies, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators.
From Seattle Times
He was accused of overseeing the torture and killing of more than 30 suspected informers.
From New York Times
It was known as the nutting squad because the informers it uncovered were shot in the head - the nut - and their bodies dumped after interrogations involving torture.
From BBC
It was responsible for identifying suspected informers, many of whom were murdered by the IRA after being kidnapped and tortured.
From BBC
A consensus emerges among Val’s other informers: Eve is probably somewhere on the West Coast — try Seattle, try San Francisco — and that’s where he heads next.
From Washington Post
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