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John Witherow, then the newspaper’s top editor, who was Mr. Lewis’s boss, acknowledged that the paper had hired Mr. Ford as a blagger for various investigations.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

In 2000, her split from comedian Paul Whitehouse and her cancer diagnosis were both of interest to the Mirror newspapers, which, it is alleged, tried to use a "blagger" to check her medical condition.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

Early on Wednesday, the former deputy prime minister John Prescott said he believed he was one of the victims of blagger John Ford over a story about the value of his grace and favour flat.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2018

You could spot a blagger a lot easier back then, which was pretty much what I was.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2013

A blagger alleged to be acting for the Sunday Times posed as Brown and obtained details of his Abbey National account in January 2000.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2011