fink
/fɪŋk/
noun
- A person who informs on others to the authorities, especially in a workplace or criminal context; an informer.
- The workers suspected that someone was a fink, telling the boss about their plans.
- Nobody trusted him after he acted as a fink during the strike.
- In the old movies, the gangster called the police informant a dirty fink.
- A contemptible or unreliable person.
- He promised to help but never showed up — what a fink.
- Don't be a fink and leave your friends to clean up the mess alone.
- She called him a fink for spreading rumors behind her back.
verb
- To inform on someone to the authorities.
- He finked on his partner to get a lighter sentence.
- In the old neighborhood, nobody would fink to the police.
- The student finked to the teacher about who cheated on the test.
- To fail to keep a promise or commitment; to back out.
- He said he'd help us move, but he finked when the day came.
- She finked out of the agreement at the last minute.
- Don't fink on your promise to take the kids to the park.