Question of the Day #1433

And I can’t wait for Derrick Rose, Jennifer Hudson or Kanye West to join forces with the cops to help get the word out in our violent neighborhoods that the definition of a snitch is a criminal who rats out his associates.

From the 10th paragraph of this article at My Chicago.

  上記の文で、rat outの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rat out" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【句他動】

1. 〈俗〉〔人を〕密告［告げ口］する
2. 〈俗〉〔人を〕見捨てる

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To inform an authority figure of one's bad or illegal behavior.

 

Examples

1. I can't believe you ratted me out like that to Mom and Dad—I'm never telling you anything ever again!
2. The criminal ratted out his accomplices to avoid jail time.
3. He decided to rat out his coworker to the manager.
4. She threatened to rat out the thief to the police.
5. He didn't want to rat out his friend, but he had no choice.

   

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