inform on en · VERB
Meanings
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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.
2013 May 24, Emily Parker, “Bulgakov's Ghost”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 May 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| informs on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| informed on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| informed on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| informing on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
ru донести́ (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · pl donosić (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · nb angi (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · nb tyste på (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · ru доноси́ть (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · uk донести́ (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · uk доно́сити (to act as an informant against — see also inform) · pl donieść (to act as an informant against — see also inform)