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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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The court can instruct the jury to view with caution the testimony of, say, an informer or a drug addict.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
10 June 2025
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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
Verb
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Here to talk more about this is Tax Notes investigations editor Lauren Loricchio.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Through it all, Thune kept talking to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a moderate Mainer who blanched at the bill’s Medicaid cuts.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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But, during the trials, you were named as someone who interrogated Aquash for being an informant.—
Nick Estes,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Privacy advocates have expressed concern that the program, and Ring’s accompanying Neighbors app, have heightened the risk of racial profiling and turned residents into informants, with few guardrails around how law enforcement can use the material.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Verb
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The lockdown had bipartisan support in Parliament and was almost universally popular with the public, who enthusiastically snitched on violators to authorities.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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As someone who juggles deadlines, social events, and the occasional doom scroll until 1 a.m., my under-eyes are often the first to snitch.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
27 May 2025
Noun
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What This Means For You Recent research linking glyphosate, a common weedkiller ingredient, to cancer in rats raises new concerns about its safety for humans.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
20 June 2025
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In the delightful Ratatouille, Remy the rat (Patton Oswalt) struggles to fit in.—
Meg Walters,
EW.com,
19 June 2025
Noun
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.—
Jim Gaines,
ajc,
13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
Verb
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There is no need to inform domains about their sluggish new competition.—
Michael Gargiulo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Officials pledged to inform the public through official channels as the situation evolves.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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“Fink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fink. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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