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cafter

to snitch

verb kaf-TEH Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

to tell tales

Usage Note

Cafter is school-yard and informal slang for telling on someone to an authority. The person who does it is a cafteur (m) or cafteuse (f). It is roughly equivalent to 'to grass' (British) or 'to tattle' (American). Strictly informal; avoid in formal writing.

Examples

"Il a cafté sur ses camarades de classe."

Natural Translation

He snitched on his classmates.

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