inform against/onsomeone
phrasal verbwithinformverb[T]uk/ɪnˈfɔːm/us/ɪnˈfɔːrm/
If youinformon/against someone, you give thepoliceinformation, usuallysecretly, about thatperson,showingthat he or she has done somethingwrong:
Theterroristssaid that anyonecaughtinformingon them would bekilled.
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets outidiom
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- leakage
- Queen's evidence
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- shed
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload