dobbed

Reported to authorities

Dobbed is the past tense of dob, chiefly British and Australian slang meaning to inform on someone or turn them in: She dobbed him in to the teacher.

To dob someone in can also mean to volunteer them for something without their consent: I got dobbed in to organize the party.

inform

snitch

One who tells authorities

  • tattleReveal another's wrongdoing
  • squealShrill, piercing cry
  • ratRodent or informer

informant · nark · fink · tipster · stoolie · grass · telltale · leak · moles · spy

accuse

blame

Assign responsibility for wrongdoing

allege · denounce · finger · point · complaint · guilt · culpable · indict · prosecute · testify

betray

traitor

One who betrays allegiance

turncoat · sellout · disloyalty · treachery · deceit · Judas · quisling · renegade · perfidy · infidelity

whistleblow

expose

Make known publicly

whistleblower · testimony · evidence · transparency · accountability · ethics · reporting · truth · integrity · oversight

Opposites
informing/betrayal

dobbedprotected

Kept from harm

shielded · stood by · defended · backed up · looked the other way

disclosure vs silence

dobbedkept quiet

covered up · said nothing · hushed up · concealed · withheld

Family

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