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as in whistle-blower
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of tipster
In 2005, an anonymous tipster sent the family disturbing images of a woman from an adult website based in the Caribbean.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Tips are anonymous and tipsters are given a number instead of using their name.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
Anonymous tipsters can also contact the department’s tipline by calling 219-391-8500.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
In 2015, an anonymous tipster said Tabitha may be in Nebraska.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 29 June 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Tips are anonymous and tipsters are given a number instead of using their name.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
Anonymous tipsters can also contact the department’s tipline by calling 219-391-8500.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
In 2015, an anonymous tipster said Tabitha may be in Nebraska.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
Noun
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The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates Kemp’s seat as a toss-up.—
Brandon Conradis,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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To stay ahead of the competition, handicappers need sharp tools and consistent insight.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Supporting characters also left their mark, most notably Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear, the streetwise informant who balanced comic relief with genuine charm.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1985, Tortora was accused by several alleged ex-mobsters turned informants and state witnesses of being part of a Neapolitan crime syndicate dedicated to drug trafficking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Hedge funds and large speculators are shorting the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, at rates not seen in three years in a bet the calm will last.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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And then a lot of the speculators bought up hoards of blighted property or vacant property, and many of them are still holding onto it now.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
26 Aug. 2025
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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As part of the scheme, each senior agent bookmaker kept a percentage of profits from bookmakers in the organization below them, as well as from their own book of bettors that placed bets directly with the senior agent.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Flanagan remembers walking into a bookmaker’s shop in Cardiff to ask what the odds were for the game.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Yikes, some insist, the AI is being turned into a gigantic snitch.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The best crime drama streaming has it all: feuding mob families, backstabbing, feds, snitches, violence, fantastic needle drops, and multiple conversations about ziti.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The data supports why oddsmakers continue to tilt the line toward the Buckeyes when playing at the Horseshoe.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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So would your vote go to Doherty, as the oddsmakers predict?—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
28 Aug. 2025
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Betty Lin-Fisher is a consumer reporter for USA TODAY.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cutright, who has not responded to requests for comment from The Bee, told a reporter from ABC10 the night of the incident that the explosions did not originate with his company.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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