witting

Example Sentences

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An agent is a paid and witting spy; he formally, sometimes covertly, works for a foreign government.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025

“We expect financial institutions will undertake every effort to ensure that they are not witting or unwitting facilitators of circumvention and evasion,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement announcing the order.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

And even though she’s the one holding the card, you could be on the hook too as a witting beneficiary of her actions.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

We believe that future campaigns will be compounded by the employment of witting or unwitting U.S.

From The Verge • Aug. 2, 2018

Thus Faustus, to so many a snare of death, had now, neither willing nor witting it, begun to loosen that wherein I was taken.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur