rat out
phrasal verbrat somebody out (to somebody) (especially North American English)
(also rat on somebody British and North American English)
(informal, disapproving)- to tell somebody in authority about something wrong that somebody else has done
- Someone ratted us out to the police.
- The college was ratting out students for music piracy.
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