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finking

verb

present participle of fink
as in talking
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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  1. talking
  2. informing
  3. snitching
Verb
  • There was so much going on, whether the props department were working on setting up the flowers, setting up the food, the dog trainers were getting the pugs ready, or some of the actors were just hanging out talking.
    — Daisy Leepson, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • That story should be informing every interaction, from the next offer to the next underwriting decision.
    — Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Murray recommended documenting the issue first and informing your neighbor, then trimming only the relevant parts of the tree.
    — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of snitching
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“Finking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finking. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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