as in to talk
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself
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as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home
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as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
several men were sentenced to prison based on the now-questionable testimony of a jailhouse snitch
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Recent Examples of snitch
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
This n—a came home talkin’ about, ‘These n—s snitched,’ when everybody risked their life and freedom for you, boy.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
That now-infamous measure would have denied most public services — including schooling — to undocumented immigrants, and turned teachers and nurses into snitches.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Don threatens to snitch unless Edward allows Blue to stay at the firehouse (and, of course, still bails them out financially).
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But when a snitch blows the whistle on an upcoming shipment, José Antonio’s ultimate life-and-death battle for power ensues.
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The New York Times first reported on the informant inside the regime.—
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In a separate court filing submitted Monday, Cole’s attorneys also demanded broad discovery, including all statements attributed to him, investigative notes, information about the FBI’s use of informants to identify Cole as a suspect, and any exculpatory material.—
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
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There is also growing concern within the House Republican caucus that Greene’s announcement is a canary in the coal mine and that multiple resignations will follow.—
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So is the Broomfield condo market the canary in the coal mine for the larger metro Denver housing market, a signal that the oxygen is gone and that home prices could fall across the region next year?—
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The animals play a vital role in the ecosystem as their diet consists of small rodents such as mice, rats and squirrels.—
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Or, more accurately, in this case, rats.—
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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