fink

n.

1. A contemptible person.
2. An informer.
3. A hired strikebreaker.

intr.v., finked, fink·ing, finks.

1. To inform against another person.
2. To withhold promised support or participation: They said they'd help us, but then finked out.

[Origin unknown.]

also fink out

noun

One who gives incriminating information about others: informant, informer, tattler, tattletale. Informal rat, tipster. Slang snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon. See knowledge/ignorance, law.

verb

To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities: inform, talk, tattle, tip³ (off). Slang rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool. Idioms: blow the whistle. See knowledge/ignorance, law.

phrasal verb - fink out

To abandon a former position or commitment: back down (or out), renege, retreat. Slang cop out. See resist/yield.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  Synonyms: snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stikker, skruebrækker, løjser, detektiv
v. intr. - komme ynkelig til kort, bakke ud

2.
n. - væverfugl

Nederlands (Dutch)
verklikker, pispaaltje, iemand die een strijkend persoon vervangt, verklikken

Français (French)
1.
n. - (US) mouchard (péj), sale type
v. intr. - dénoncer (qn)

2.
n. - (Zool) pivert

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Petzer

2.
n. - Lockvogel, Spitzel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) λεχρίτης, χαφιές, απεργοσπάστης
v. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) καταδίδω, καρφώνω

Italiano (Italian)
delatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - delator (m)
v. - delatar

Русский (Russian)
мент, стукач

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - delator, chivato, soplón
v. intr. - delatar

2.
n. - clase de pájaro tejedor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjallare, strejkbrytare, knöl (person)
v. - tjalla, vara strejkbrytare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
破坏罢工的人, 密探, 告发人, 向警方告密, 做工贼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 破壞罷工的人, 密探, 告發人
v. intr. - 向警方告密, 做工賊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 밀고자, 마음에 안 드는 놈
v. intr. - 밀고하다

2.
n. - (아프리카 산의) 세의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スパイ, スト破り
v. - 密告する, スト破りをやる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المخبر , الواشي (فعل) يخبر , يشي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלשין, מושתל, מפר שביתה‬
v. intr. - ‮הלשין, חזר בו מ-, איכזב‬
n. - ‮סוג של ציפור אורגת‬

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