as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
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The revelations unraveled other murder convictions that were tied to the same jailhouse informant.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Hassan instructed the informant on how to bypass Google safeguards to find bomb-making instructions, before eventually sending him a video directly, per the affidavit.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Not only were the Georgia authorities finished using Steve Daniel as an informant, Daniel had already served time in prison.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Hassan instructed the informant on how to bypass Google safeguards to find bomb-making instructions, before eventually sending him a video directly, per the affidavit.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Not only were the Georgia authorities finished using Steve Daniel as an informant, Daniel had already served time in prison.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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