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Ratting

noun

To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors). Synonym: informing.

Rat

verb

(past & past part. ratted; pres. part. ratting)

Desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage.

Employ scabs or strike breakers in.

Take the place of work of someone on strike. Synonyms: blackleg, fink, scab.

Give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat.

Catch rats, especially with dogs.

Give away information about somebody. Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on.

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"Ratting" Quotes from Famous Books

... direction likewise my fatal lack of means opposed me. (It affords much food to the philosophic mind, this influence of income upon character.) Even fifth-rate "boxing competitions," organized by "friendly leads," and ratting contests in Rotherhithe slums, become expensive, when you happen to be the only gentleman present possessed of a collar, and are expected to do the honours of your class in dog's-nose. True, climbing lamp-posts and putting out the gas is fairly cheap, providing ...

— The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow • Jerome K. Jerome