inform on
Verb
Meaning
inform on (third-person singular simple present informs on, present participle informing on, simple past and past participle informed on)
To tell on someone; to act as an informant against.
Synonyms
Examples
As part of this bargain they would need to inform on other heretics.
Evidently in a bid for power with another drug cartel in Mexico, Metzger took $3 Million to inform on Ruiz to the FBI, and facilitate the downfall of the Ayala organization.
Mr Iddles is expected to continue giving evidence to the commission on Friday, looking at how Ms Gobbo came to inform on her own gangland clients.
China is turning to familiar authoritarian techniques to contain the outbreak, including asking neighbors to inform on one another.
In some cities, even in the far north of the country, inhabitants are being offered cash rewards to inform on people who come from Hubei.
The Biala Rebbe ordered not to count in a minyan those who cooperate with the police and inform on illegal prayer services.