密告|みっこくmikkoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbanonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
    スリの一人ひとりは残のこりの二人ふたりを密告みっこくした。↗
    One of the pickpockets blew the whistle on the other two.
Conjugation
Dictionary form密告する(みっこくする)
Polite (masu)密告します(みっこくします)
Negative (nai)密告しない(みっこくしない)
polite (masen)密告しません(みっこくしません)
classical zu / nu密告せず・密告せぬ(みっこくせず・みっこくせぬ)
Past (ta)密告した(みっこくした)
polite (mashita)密告しました(みっこくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)密告しなかった(みっこくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)密告しませんでした(みっこくしませんでした)
Te form密告して(みっこくして)
Potential密告できる(みっこくできる)
Passive密告される(みっこくされる)
Causative密告させる(みっこくさせる)
Causative passive密告させられる(みっこくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)密告すれば(みっこくすれば)
tara密告したら(みっこくしたら)
Volitional密告しよう(みっこくしよう)
polite (mashou)密告しましょう(みっこくしましょう)
Imperative密告しろ(みっこくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymタレこむCasualColloquial verb, often written 「タレ込む」: tipping off the police or media about inside information. Slangy; can replace 「密告」 in casual speech.
  • Antonym黙秘もくひNeutralNeutral term for staying silent under questioning, especially a suspect exercising the right to silence — the opposite of informing.
  • Antonym秘匿ひとくWrittenWritten/formal prose word for keeping something hidden in secret; the opposite of 「密告」, which lets the secret out.
  • Antonym隠蔽いんぺいNeutralDeliberately covering up facts that work against you; the opposite of 「密告」's exposing. Neutral register.

Use 「密告」 for secretly informing on someone; in casual speech say 「タレ込む」. For legitimate reporting use 「通報」 or 「告発」; for deliberately covering up unfavorable facts use 「隠蔽」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 密ひそかに告知こくち、告発こくはつすること。
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