RATTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

ratted

verb

past tense of rat

as in betrayed

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Some of them felt betrayed by Platner himself, while others don’t believe the accusations against him, find the timing suspicious or think there was more to the story.

— Margie Cullen, USA Today, 29 July 2026
When Yeong-gwang dies during his and Agent Kim’s first mission to South Korea, betrayed by the North Korean agency that sent them, Agent Kim takes on the moniker.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026

Definition of betrayed

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That has aligned the region with the United States — and exposed their AI assets to Iranian attacks, noted Helima Croft, head of global strategy at RBC Capital Markets.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Across France and Spain, megafires have scorched vast forests, displaced more than 300,000 people and exposed how a warming Europe is turning summer wildfire seasons into continent-wide emergencies.

— Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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Hence privy to means privately informed, while privy for a toilet comes from the idea of a private place.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
One student has described the moment a fellow pupil ran into their classroom and informed them that a teacher had been shot, during Friday’s deadly shooting.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of informed

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Scott Harris, the Tigers’ president of baseball operations who orchestrated the deal, talked last year of not believing in a Skubal window.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Those two talked for about 10 minutes while my wife and I were settled at the table.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

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Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen others, local officials said Saturday local time, after Kyiv's mayor warned of a ballistic missile attack.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outspoken opposition to the Jewish state, arguing that such positioning is antithetical to creating peace in the Middle East.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

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