police informer
Example Sentences
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He demonstrated his personal bravery in 1985 when, still a bishop, he helped to rescue a Black police informer from a mob in Duduza, a South African township.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2021
“He was very convincing,” says one man who attended Yusuf’s sermons as a police informer.
From Economist • Jul. 12, 2018
He was a paid police informer for 11 years.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2018
He, Harrington and Gates’s defense attorney, Hamilton “Phil” Fox, each said it was the only time in their careers a police informer became a witness.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2015
Half my mind told me that Tom might be a police informer.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
