How to Use informant in a Sentence

informant

noun
  • The police were alerted to the plot by a paid informant.
  • We learned the language with the help of a native informant.
  • Heath could tell that the informant was nervous.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • But the user did not tell the informant how to make the payment.
    — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • An informant told Bolles that he was paid to wiretap his home phone.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The plot was foiled with the help of an informant, officials said at the time.
    — NBC News, 30 July 2020
  • Maybe every second man in those crazy groups was an informant.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • The teenage murderer who cut out part of an informant’s tongue.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • Eban soon learned that what her informant had told her was true, not least of Ranbaxy.
    — Daniel J. Kevles, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • The informants don't trust the police.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The team tries to bring down a drug ring while Voight builds trust with a new informant, who has her own plans.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Officers went to a home with an informant to make a firearms purchase.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • But the service had one key informant — a man given the code name Shaul.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • An informant says there is a body buried in a residential area.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The next day, Phineas dropped a shopping bag through the window of an informant’s car.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The only reason anybody learned about it was the informant’s guilty plea.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • So the agent set up a meeting with his informant who had once shared a prison cell with Jennifer's boyfriend.
    — Harold Dow, CBS News, 15 June 2024
  • Durham sent the informant a message on Brand's behalf.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The tarp was covering the windows and walls from the floor to the ceiling, the informant claimed.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Experts proved the mark wasn’t from a bite, and the jailhouse informant was not credible.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Stephen Robeson, with a long history of both past crimes and work as an informant, was there too.
    — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Sirens whine in the background; informants call with tips; shots of derelict cityscapes suggest the loneliness of life on the lam.
    — Sean Paulsen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2023
  • One of the agency’s informants attended the wedding, as a guest.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Her husband, Bob Flick, was listed as the informant.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The informant was able to gain access to the barn where Asha was kept, according to a search warrant.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The next day, the confidential informant let the stepfather know about the plot against him.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Grasso tries to use his informant status to get Lizzie out of harm’s way.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Inmates took bets on how long the FBI informant would survive.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • There is Madame Rose, their neighbor on the opposite side and their chief informant.
    — Andrea Lee, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020

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