fink

• Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die als Informant oder verdeckter Ermittler für die Polizei agiert; wird oft informell oder abwertend verwendet.

A noun referring to a person who acts as an informer or decoy for the police, often used in informal or derogatory contexts.

1. Informer or DecoyC1informalamerican

   A person who acts as an informer for the police or authorities, or someone who betrays a group by providing information.

   Informant oder Lockvogel

   • The gang suspected that one of their members was a fink.
   • He was labeled a fink after talking to the police.
   • Nobody trusts a fink in this neighborhood.

   Synonymebetrayerinformantinformernarkratsnitchsquealerstool pigeonstoolietattletale

• Slang-Verb: jemanden bei einer Autorität verpetzen oder verraten; auch ein Versprechen oder eine Verpflichtung brechen.

A slang verb meaning to inform on someone to the authorities or to back out of a promise or obligation.

1. To act as a strikebreakerC1informalamerican

   To take the place of a worker who is on strike, thereby undermining the strike effort.

   Streikbrecher sein

   • The company hired temporary workers to fink during the strike.
   • He was called a traitor for fining on his union brothers.
   • They threatened anyone who would fink with severe consequences.

   Synonymeblacklegratscab

   Antonymeboycottpicketstrike

2. To inform or confessC1informalamerican

   To confess to a wrongdoing or to inform on someone, often under pressure or duress.

   Petzen

   • The suspect finned to the police after hours of interrogation.
   • He finned on his accomplices to get a lighter sentence.
   • Don't fink; keep your mouth shut about what we did.

   Synonymebetrayconfessgrassinformratsingsnitchspillsquealtattle