Rat
Rat noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
Usage example: the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity
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Telltale
Telltale noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
Usage example: the department telltale told the boss that his coworkers were taking extra long breaks
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Good Cop/Bad Cop: One of the very first puzzles in the Telltale games, involves Sam and Max interrogating a rat (who stole their phone) in this manner.
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What makes this even funnier is that he is voiced by a Telltale Games intern from Germany.Hubert: I was about to give [Frankie The Rat] a tip for the help, when all of a sudden a weltraumliebwachetzaubreikrieg erupted in the middle of one of your asphault fjords!
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