inform
/in-ˈfȯrm/
verb
to communicate knowledge to
to give character or essence to
to be the characteristic quality of : animate
inform a prisoner of his rights
idiom
to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to the police
Despite pressure from the police he refused to inform on the other conspirators.
verb
to give incorrect or misleading information to (someone) : to inform (someone) wrongly
That small, self-serving cabal managed to misinform generations of Americans with malicious myths that misshaped history.