: 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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Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
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Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
An anonymous tipster contacted the sheriff's office April 14 about possible mistreatment of Bane, who the tipster said was very underweight and had been left chained outside without food, water or shade, the release states.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2025
The app has also been used to share and preserve evidence of human rights violations under oppressive regimes and to allow whistleblowers or tipsters to communicate with journalists without fear of reprisal.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
An anonymous tipster contacted the sheriff's office April 14 about possible mistreatment of Bane, who the tipster said was very underweight and had been left chained outside without food, water or shade, the release states.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2025
The app has also been used to share and preserve evidence of human rights violations under oppressive regimes and to allow whistleblowers or tipsters to communicate with journalists without fear of reprisal.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipster. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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tipster
noun
tip·ster
ˈtip-stər 
: one who provides a tip to the police
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