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UK
/ɹˈætɪŋ/
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NOUN
- to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
How To Use ratting In A Sentence
- After all, ratting is good fun, and difficult to come by in London. Try Anything Twice
- He always said that he wouldn't tell on me but he always ended up ratting.
- Aye fought we wuz abowt too loose ower “G” ratting an wuz goning to jump all de ways two de otter end ob de alfabit, de letter atween w an y! IM HIT! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- I don ` t say this applies to present day activities in any police force but I think it is very well known the practice of never "ratting" on a fellow police officer is very close to reality. Alb. Deputy Accused of Sketchiness at cvillenews.com
- One day one may engage in trading, another in hauling, or "ratting" or guard duty, or just plain... The Drop Kick
- Rhonda was committing the sin of sins: she was ratting on a fellow crasher. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
- Those hairdos consisted of ratting, backcombing, and enough hairspray to be totally responsible for the Ozone problems we have today. I'm Not Dead - A Dress A Day
- Ratting on your mates is regarded as a sin in Australia, but if your mates have done the wrong thing and the ratting merely comprises a truthful public disclosure of some relevant information, then it should be encouraged.
- The Giant Schnauzer's original job was ratting.
- Political prisoner probably whose offence had been "ratting" -- and so his punishment was made "to fit the crime," as Mr. GILBERT's _Mikado_ used to observe. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891