Frequent reports from the battlefield kept the general 'informed' about how the attack was progressing.
Despite pressure from the police he refused to 'inform on' the other conspirators.
I am sorry to have to 'inform' [='tell'] you that your flight has been delayed.
(..) .. When one comes back from the dead... .. ...I find that an occasion to stand up, be counted. .. Miss East informs me that you expected to see GeneraI McGrath here. .. I knew him years ago... .. ...but I haven't seen him in a coon's age. .. (..)1999 Wild Wild West
(..) .. Oh, dear! .. FederaI agents inside, sir. .. So Miss Lippenreider informs me, Mr. Hudson. .. StiII, I beIieve good manners dictate... .. ...that we shouId send out the weIcome wagon. .. (..)1999 Wild Wild West