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Michael Freedman, a California defense lawyer, said he has noticed an uptick in incidents of jurors tattling on one another to judges rather than working out their differences in jury rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Critics saw the tattling as a shift from mutual aid toward control and branding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

But back-channeling can also be destructive when it crosses the line into tattling, gossiping, undermining or sowing distrust.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

In the end, the BSC vanquishes the BSA by, essentially, tattling on them to the town’s parents.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2020

The next few minutes were a blur of crying and hollering and tattling and then I found myself sitting in front of Mr. Mason, the principal.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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