ratting

Example Sentences

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And who wouldn’t have to modify their behavior if they thought Rover was ratting them out to his pals down at Paws & Claws?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Stroup has said that ratting out Peter Bourne was the “stupidest decision” he ever made.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

"But he could be ratting out Eastman and Powell, for example, in order to make a deal."

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2023

He prided himself on not ratting out his Watergate co-conspirators and argued that if everyone had just shut up about it Nixon would not have been deposed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2021

The hard part was doing that without ratting on anyone.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez