inform on

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inform on

verb informs on · informing on · informed on

To tell on someone; to act as an informant against. In 1983, one of his friends informed on him for reading a forbidden book, and he lost his teaching job.
Similar: finger, grass up, snitch

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verb to act as an informant against — see also inform

Русский	доноси́ть donosítʹ, донести́ donestí

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@misc{inform_on_2026,
  title = {inform on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inform%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}