'To inform against' definitions:

Definition of 'To inform against'

From: GCIDE
  • Inform \In*form"\, v. t.
  • 1. To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give intelligence or information; to tell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught. --Monthly Rev. [1913 Webster]
  • To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A. [1913 Webster]