ratting
- n to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
- v desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- v employ scabs or strike breakers in
- v take the place of work of someone on strike
- v give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- v catch rats, especially with dogs
- v give away information about somebody
- Each was accused of the gravest crimes under military lawaiding the enemy and ratting on their brothers-in-arms.
- In the pow drama The Purple Heart, American airmen are tortured and executed for not ratting their pals.
- Q: It seems that students sometimes show a resistance to 'ratting' each other out.