informant

noun

in·for·mant in-ˈfȯr-mənt

Synonyms of informant next

: a person who gives information: such as

: informer

: one who supplies cultural or linguistic data in response to interrogation by an investigator

Examples of informant in a Sentence

The police were alerted to the plot by a paid informant. We learned the language with the help of a native informant.

Recent Examples on the Web The post alleged Leung worked as a US informant for more than three decades, beginning in 1989. —

Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023 In 2012, the federal case disintegrated over issues including the FBI’s handling of its informant. —

Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023 These are blamed on the Bahraini opposition, but the station chief suggests that the spy’s informant, who has become a friend, was involved. —

Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023 Ukraine has also faced its own struggle to root out Russian informant networks, making hundreds of arrests. —

Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 But first, here are a few more updates from USA TODAY's Russia-Ukraine Live Blog: An informant who was plotting with Russian agents to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been arrested, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said Monday. —

Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023 Between October 2020 and early 2021, the informant met with Dagesian four times at the hookah lounge and purchased 11 firearms, according to federal prosecutors. —

Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 Prosecutors said Keith targeted the group because a family member worked as a police informant in a drug-trafficking case in which Keith was arrested. —

Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023 An informant who was plotting with Russian agents to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been arrested, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said Monday. —

Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023 See More

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