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Ratline used in a sentence
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Allen went on to secretly negotiate for surrender of ****/SS troops, who were then protected from prosecution and used for Gladio and later ratlined out to South America to train death squads. To your second point: no.
Ratline definitions
noun
(nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
See also: ratlin