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| 释义 | bust tr. to inform on someone, leading to an arrest.I busted Max to save my own skin.Tom busted Sam because there's bad blood between them. cheese-eater n. an informer; a rat fink. (Rats eat cheese.)Some cheese-eater called the clerk and warned her we were coming.Tracy, the cheese-eater, called the police. crack in. to break down and talk under pressure. (Underworld.)They kept at her till she finally cracked and talked.We knew you'd finally crack. dime-dropper n. an informer. (Underworld. Because an informer at one time could drop a dime in a public telephone and call the police or drop a dime on the sidewalk as a signal for the police to move in and make an arrest.)I think that Tracy is the dime-dropper who caused the roust.The fuzz protects its dimedroppers with everything they've got. drop a dime tr. to inform the police of criminal activity. (Underworld.)We were pretty sure that Tracy is the one who dropped the dime.No, almost anybody will drop a dime these days. fink n. an informer; a stool (pigeon).Tracy has turned into a fink.Mr. Big doesn't think much of finks. fink (on someone) in. to inform on someone.You won't fink on me, will ya?Rocko never finks on his friends. give (out) with something in. to give out information.Come on, give out with the facts, man.Give with the info. We're in a hurry. nark and narc 1. in. to inform (on someone) to the police. (Often with on.) Don't narc on me!All right. Who narked? 2. n. a police informer. Fred is a nark. He squealed.I'm going to get that narc for squealing. rat fink n. an informer. (Also a term of address.)That guy is nothing but a rat fink. A dirty squealer!Fred told the teacher about the plot, and for the next two years everybody called him a rat fink. rat (on someone) in. to inform (on someone).Bill said he was going to rat on that punk.If you rat on me, I'll get you!Who ratted? sing in. to inform (on someone). (Underworld.)Rocko knew the stoolie would sing. He had to do something to stop her.Bruno would never sing. He's a champ. snitch 1. in. to inform (on someone). (Often with on.) The cops were waiting for us. Who snitched?Tracy snitched on Bruno, and he nearly snuffed her. 2. n. an informer. Who needs a snitch? If he can't keep his mouth shut, he can beat it.The snitch went and told the teacher. snitcher n. an informer. (Originally underworld.)There's nothing worse than a snitcher.Clare is a snitcher. Watch what you say around her. spew one's guts (out) tr. to tell everything that one knows; to confess everything. (Underworld.)Lefty was sitting there in the cop-shop spewing his guts out about the bank job.If he really is spewing his guts, the mob will cancel his Christmas. squawk tr. & in. to reveal or blab something.Watch Tracy. She may decide to squawk.She squawked the whole business to the fuzz. squeal in. to inform (someone about something).Who squealed to the cops?Tracy squealed on us. squealer n. an informer. (Underworld.)Tracy is a terrible squealer.Some squealer let the cops know what was going to happen. stool (on someone) in. to inform (on someone).Tracy would stool on anybody, even her own mother.Somebody stooled and ruined the whole layout. stool (pigeon) and stoolie n. an informer. (Originally underworld.)Some stool spilled the works to the boys in blue.There's nothing I hate worse than a stoolie. tipster n. someone who gives special information; an informer.We got this from a tipster who has usually proven reliable in the past.The cops got this info from their favorite tipster. whistle-blower n. someone who calls a halt to something; an informer; an enforcer; a stool (pigeon).I don't know who the whistle-blower was, but a good time was really ruined.Some whistleblower put Max behind bars for a few days. whistler n. someone who is a police informer; a stoolie. (Underworld.)Tracy turned into a whistler after her last little vacation.Who's the whistler who squealed? |
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