inside man
Example Sentences
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The operation has apparently gone fairly swimmingly for Sang-hyeon and inside man Dong-soo, who knows how to erase evidence of their baby-box “withdrawals” from the church’s security camera footage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
If The West Wing often felt like a homily from an out-of-touch pastor, Veep is the inside man who takes you to one side and gives it to you straight.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2019
He is the inside man, who is paid in advance for his troubles, only to blow his money on the trinket.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 24, 2017
"Male F was actually a player. An inside man, or linked to the inside man, fully familiar with the inner workings of Hatton Garden Safe Deposit".
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2016
The blankets must be covering what she's really transporting: documents, ration cards, maybe even a pile of money to pay off an inside man.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
