fink

• Nom informel ou péjoratif désignant une personne qui agit comme informateur pour la police ou comme appât, souvent dans un contexte de délation.

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.

   Indicateur ou traître

   • 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.

   Synonymesbetrayerinformantinformernarkratsnitchsquealerstool pigeonstoolietattletale

• Verbe argotique signifiant dénoncer quelqu'un aux autorités, ou encore manquer à une promesse ou à un engagement.

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.

   Briser une grève

   • 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.

   Synonymesblacklegratscab

   Antonymesboycottpicketstrike

2. To inform or confessC1informalamerican

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

   dénoncer / avouer

   • 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.

   Synonymesbetrayconfessgrassinformratsingsnitchspillsquealtattle