fink

• Substantivo informal e pejorativo para uma pessoa que delata outras, especialmente às autoridades, ou que atua como informante ou agente infiltrado da polícia.

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.

   Informante ou isca

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbetrayerinformantinformernarkratsnitchsquealerstool pigeonstoolietattletale

• Gíria que significa delatar ou denunciar alguém às autoridades, geralmente de forma traiçoeira; também pode indicar recusar-se a cumprir uma promessa ou obrigação, abandonando um compromisso.

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.

   Ser fura-greve

   • 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.

   Sinônimosblacklegratscab

   Antônimosboycottpicketstrike

2. To inform or confessC1informalamerican

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

   Dedurar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbetrayconfessgrassinformratsingsnitchspillsquealtattle