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
Mr Huckerby was accused of being the "inside man" and was convicted in 2002, along with another man, and jailed for 14 years.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 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
