rat fink

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Noun
  • The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
    Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • However, some members of the Hole in the Wall Gang got busted in 1981 for stealing from a home furnishings store, and Cullotta — one of those busted — became an informant.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 June 2026
  • Matt Schmidt, founder of Schmidt Automotive Research, said BMW is a canary in a coal mine for the industry.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Even the announcers are laughing at the clown Way to swing the bat.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
    Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
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“Rat fink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rat%20fink. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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