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Fink (Verb)

Meaning 1

Take the place of work of someone on strike.

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The company hired outside workers to fink the striking employees, which only increased tensions between the two groups.
  • Union representatives encouraged their members not to cross picket lines and fink their fellow strikers.
  • Negotiations stalled as management refused to address worker demands, resorting instead to threatening to fink strikers with replacement employees.
  • When the workers found out that their boss was hiring temporary workers to fink them, they held an emergency meeting to discuss their next move.
  • The rivalry between union and company became more intense as management tried to fink the striking workers with cheaper labor from neighboring towns.

Synonyms

  • Scab
  • Rat
  • Blackleg

Hypernyms

  • Do Work

Meaning 2

Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The prisoner finked on his gang members to avoid a harsher sentence.
  • He was forced to fink on his accomplices during the intense interrogation.
  • The threat of a longer prison term made him fink on the rest of the crew.
  • Under heavy pressure, the suspect began to fink and revealed the details of the crime.
  • The defendant finked on the mastermind behind the crime in exchange for immunity.

Synonyms

  • Confess
  • Squeal

Hypernyms

  • Acknowledge
  • Admit

Related Words

  • Fink (noun)
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