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Definition of Ratting

1. Noun. To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors).

Definition of Ratting

1. n. The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1.

Definition of Ratting

1. Verb. (present participle of rat) ¹

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Definition of Ratting

1. rat [v] - See also: rat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratting

Literary usage of Ratting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1897)
"... May 11 Thomas Tudor & Hannah Gibbs May 10 James Rowland A Elizabeth W ratting May 11 John Coles & Elizabeth Humber May 11 Henry Streater & Jane Bunney ..."

2. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"RATIONALE OF ratting—WRITTEN SPEECHES. When the late Lord Dudley began life as Mr. Ward, he embraced, like most youthful politicians, the captivating ..."

3. Political Verse by George Saintsbury (1891)
"REASONS FOR NOT ratting ' Sound opinions are like sound wine ; they are the better for keeping.'—LORD DUDLEY'S Speech. IT was my father's wine;—alas, ..."

4. Political Verse by George Saintsbury (1891)
"REASONS FOR NOT ratting ' Sound opinions are like sound wine ; they are the better fc keeping.'—LORD DUDLEY'S Speech. IT was my father's wine ;—alas, ..."

5. Stolen Waters: A Page in the Conquest of Ulster by Timothy Michael Healy (1913)
"ratting REPUBLICANS. WHEN Charles II. landed at Dover, on his Restoration (25th May, 1660), the Anglo-Irish ..."

6. A Gamekeeper's Note-book by Owen Jones, Marcus Woodward (1910)
"There is still another danger in ratting with ferrets ... On all these accounts the keeper may prefer to go ratting with an iron bar in place of a ferret. ..."

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