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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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After six weeks of searching, and using a tip from a confidential informant, the men’s bodies were found buried in an earthen dam, near where Mississippi’s power brokers were about to gather for the annual Neshoba County Fair.
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Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
McQuade said that would allow agents to recruit confidential informants and look into the actions of pro-Hamas groups without asking judges to sign off on investigative tools like wiretaps and warrants.
—Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
He was busted after speaking with an FBI confidential informant, the Justice Department said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
After receiving information from this informant, authorities were able to test Gonzalez’s DNA against the Gatorade bottle and airbags in the car, when Gonzalez was arrested in an unrelated car theft investigation last April, according to court records.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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