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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "koo" (as in "cool") + "SEH" (as in "set") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

In all of Latin America, a child or person who goes to tattle to the authorities at the slightest problem. The acusetas always knows more than they should and never keeps a secret.

Examples

That tattletale went straight to the teacher to tell who cheated.

Don't tell him anything, he's a major tattletale.

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Regional synonyms

To mug someone by grabbing them from behind or by the neck, a street crime common in Chile and the Southern Cone. Cogotear is violent theft with a physical component, the victim rarely sees it coming.