: one who gives or sells tips especially for gambling or speculation
Examples of tipster in a Sentence
An anonymous tipster reported the crime.
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Information from one tipster led investigators to believe Sharkey may have attempted to take a picture or video during the incident, Snapp said.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
The probable cause affidavit also details how the fast work of an anonymous tipster, school offiicials and several law enforcement agencies may have thwarted a mass tragedy.
—Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Mary Knox, started the trial by carefully going through the history of a police investigation that started with a report from Vo, which was only thoroughly investigated months later thanks to a helpful — but suspicious — tipster.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Crime Stoppers pays tipsters cash rewards of up to $5,000 for their tips.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
The probable cause affidavit also details how the fast work of an anonymous tipster, school offiicials and several law enforcement agencies may have thwarted a mass tragedy.
—Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Mary Knox, started the trial by carefully going through the history of a police investigation that started with a report from Vo, which was only thoroughly investigated months later thanks to a helpful — but suspicious — tipster.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Crime Stoppers pays tipsters cash rewards of up to $5,000 for their tips.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tipster
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipster. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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tipster
noun
tip·ster
ˈtip-stər 
: one who provides a tip to the police
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