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as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind
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as in to talk
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us
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Recent Examples of fink
Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 20 June 2019
Everybody is -- everybody is finking on each other.
—Fox News, 30 June 2018
Verb
Dominican authorities say Fernandez, the intended target, is Gomez' cousin and that Gomez plotted the hit believing that Fernandez had finked on him to Dominican drug officials in 2011.
—Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 20 June 2019
Everybody is -- everybody is finking on each other.
—Fox News, 30 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fink
Noun
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Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The book’s cast of characters is immense, including spies and informers, dubious bankers, Mafiosos, terrorists, radical priests who support the poor, and conservatives who back right-wing dictators.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Across the street stood about a dozen police officers talking among themselves because there was no activity requiring their intervention.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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His lawyers and family deny any gang connections and say the allegations are largely based on information from a 2019 informant.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Clown Alert This post is a scaredy-cat guide designed mostly for viewers who suffer from flight anxiety, but some people are scared of clowns too.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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The teaser does feature a glimpse at Calypso, the man who hosts the tournament, as well as a signature laugh from Sweet Tooth the terrifying clown.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This is a moment of genuine courage and growth, but it can be dismissed as snitching by viewers who can’t see past her overconfidence from several hours ago.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nothing connected me to the crime except two witnesses who were jail house snitches.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But Sysco’s revised forecast could be the canary in the kitchen.—
Catherine Baab,
Quartz,
29 Apr. 2025
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America’s small businesses could be the canaries in the coal mine.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Sep. 2023
Verb
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Becky, having seen Darlene and Chad together at the bar, informs Ben about Chad.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Its measurements of ocean salinity and temperatures inform Navy operations, according to the Council on Strategic Risks, a nonpartisan security policy institute in Washington.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Fink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fink. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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