Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
Sinònims
Examples for "confess"
Examples for "confess"
1If the torture be too great to bear, say: 'I will confess.
2Catholics whose conscientious decision was to vote Yes have nothing to confess.
3Failing to confess something sufficiently shameful would result in them being punished.
4I confess to concealing myself in order to hear what was said.
5There's no need to confess that you forgot to say thank you.
1The result is a cacophony of engine noise, tire squeal, and numbers.
2Artoo emitted a loud, startled squeal and immediately released the power lamp.
3Every now and then he heard the squeal of a young horse.
4He heard the blade squeal against bone as she wrenched it free.
5With another squeal of protest the little animal plunged for the bank.
1But I can shrive their souls and hang their bodies most devoutly.
2By your leave, Earl, I will hear his confession and shrive him now.
3And his own brother Lars has been sent to shrive him.
4I will both shrive and absolve you in return for the filthy lucre!
5Hast thou been to the Canale Orfano to shrive a wretch?
Take the place of work of someone on strike.
1Just because I work for Grand D doesn't make me their fink.
2I'm beginnin' to fink she's gowing to do milord the mokkis prahd.
3Don' you fink we could ketch one an' hev a fricassee, perfusser?
4I'll wemember and fink, and tell you what I have finked.
5I fink He hears better dat way, an' I det better.
6I fink 'e's too big to get in the furnace in one piece.
7Open up, you lousy government fink, or we'll burn you out!
8I fink that's about long enough for this kind of wevver,' said the mother.
9But I couldn't tell you apart if you shut your eyes, I don't fink.
10He was a lying, weaselly, sneaky, overbearing, rat fink cockroach.
11Tods tucked his feet under his red flannel dressing-gown and said:-" Imustfink."
12I always wanted to tatch a whale, and this is a baby one, I fink.
13I wouldn't mind if she was a good-looking fink.
14I fink it was Nobbles who told me first.'
15I dun fink yo' was on dat udder ship.
16Why didn't 'oo take the buns-buns nice, I fink!