: 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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Officers with the Fort Worth Police Department responded on Tuesday to a residence on 9900 block of Farmers Branch Street, after an anonymous tipster alerted them to a disturbing image that appeared to show a woman covered in blood.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Anonymous tipsters can contact police at 1-866-60-CRIME or go to stancrimetips.org.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
After plastering a wanted photo around the Bronx neighborhood, a tipster later identified him to cops as someone who sells weed out of a van in the area.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Information from one tipster led investigators to believe Sharkey may have attempted to take a picture or video during the incident, Snapp said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Anonymous tipsters can contact police at 1-866-60-CRIME or go to stancrimetips.org.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
After plastering a wanted photo around the Bronx neighborhood, a tipster later identified him to cops as someone who sells weed out of a van in the area.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Information from one tipster led investigators to believe Sharkey may have attempted to take a picture or video during the incident, Snapp said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipster. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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tipster
noun
tip·ster
ˈtip-stər 
: one who provides a tip to the police
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