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noun
A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).
