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• n  one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

• What he did not explain was that the "tipster" was his own tipster, and that he had printed the first item without even bothering to check the Mayor's license plate.
• He planned to have his tipster put the names of the 178 alleged Cincinnati Reds into the official record so that the Enquirer might print them without fear of libel suits.
• There was speculation that authorities had hoped to hush up Fagan's ultimate incursion, but the incident was revealed three days later when a tipster alerted the Daily Express.

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News & Articles

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• 'I know he's there,' tipster says of Hoffa dig site
  Two days of digging in a suburban Detroit field has not turned up any sign of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa's remains, but the tipster who sent the FBI there insists it is the burial site."I know he's there," Tony Zerilli told NBC News. "I'm not wrong."Since Hoffa vanished in 1975, authorities have searched dozens of spots for his body. Informants have claimed he was entombed at Giants Stadium, fed ...
  June 19, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Tipster tells FBI: Hoffa was hit with shovel, buried alive
  The attorney for the tipster who led the FBI to a field in Oakland Township, Mich., on Monday said the former mobster is relieved and hopeful there will be an end to mystery of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance.
  June 18, 2013 - The Greenville News
• Tipster: Hoffa was hit with shovel, buried alive
  The attorney for the tipster who led the FBI to a field in Oakland Township today said the former mobster is relieved and hopeful an end is near in the mystery of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance.
  June 17, 2013 - WZZM 13 Grand Rapids

Quotes

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• Frank Miller in MSNBC
  We got a replacement Monday, but it was an inconvenience. We are thankful to the tipster and the police for quickly recovering it,said Frank Miller, a foreman at the Wal-Mart job site.
• Thomas Menino in Boston Globe (registration)
  Mayor Thomas M. Menino said in a statement that "Public safety is our top priority, and I commend the citizen tipster and the Police Department."
• Trent Barrett in The Age
  If you're playing at 90 per cent or 95 per cent you get beat,Barrett said. "The comp's that even and the sides are so good you've gotta turn up every week or end up getting flogged. I'd hate to be a tipster, you just don't know."