informing (against)

verb

present participle of inform (against)
as in reporting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informing (against)
  1. reporting
  2. implicating
  3. trying
  4. prosecuting
Verb
  • Over time, reporting unwanted email helps Gmail identify similar messages more effectively.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Flight tracking sites were reporting widespread delays at the airport.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of reporting
Verb
  • That would let prosecutors ask a grand jury to charge Hearn again if new evidence were discovered implicating him in vandalizing the pool.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of implicating
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  • Gauff knocked the ball into a rectangular expanse of blue, as Jović stood in the doubles alley and doubled over to her knees, trying to catch her breath.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • If someone dominates the conversation, redirect attention to what the group is trying to accomplish.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of trying
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  • Johnson has repeatedly spoken out about how Missouri’s gun laws have hampered prosecuting the case, after two of the men charged in the shooting received plea agreements.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The attorney general’s top priority is to keep Rhode Islanders safe by prosecuting crime.
    — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of prosecuting
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