fink

But finking out in favor of the Chiefs is just about as low as I could go.

“I think that reporter is a rat fink,” was his contribution to the discussion.

AND YET he has been betrayed, and these “rat fink” types are threatening to stymie him.

As Gilford trenchantly points out, other “finks,” such as Elia Kazan, went on to deathless fame; others — more resolute and courageous — lapsed into undeserved obscurity.

He had finked, not been with them, and he would not, as we have seen, be with them that night in front of the Hilton.