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Recent Examples of informer The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict. Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 10 June 2025 Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers. Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025 The book’s cast of characters is immense, including spies and informers, dubious bankers, Mafiosos, terrorists, radical priests who support the poor, and conservatives who back right-wing dictators. Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions. Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for informer
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informant
Noun
  • But an unnamed police informant told other police from Prince George’s County, Maryland that Abrego Garcia was tied to MS-13.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But being an informant implies some formal connection and ongoing relationship with the FBI.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025

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