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snitch

1

[ snich ]

verb (used with object)

, Informal.
  1. to snatch or steal; pilfer.


snitch

2

[ snich ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to turn informer; tattle.

noun

  1. Also called snitcher. an informer.

snitch

/ snɪtʃ /

verb

  1. tr to steal; take, esp in an underhand way
  2. intr to act as an informer


noun

  1. an informer; telltale
  2. the nose

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsnitcher, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of snitch1

First recorded in 1900–05; perhaps variant of snatch

Origin of snitch2

First recorded in 1775–85; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of snitch1

C17: of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

Too moderate and the more radical groups call you a snitch, jeopardizing your standing and authority at demonstrations.

The Prosecutor and the Snitch By Maurice Possley - The Marsall Project Did Texas execute an innocent man?

To Connolly and Morris, Bulger was a TE, or top-echelon informant, the highest designation in the Bureau for a snitch.

"A lot of Mexican dudes got family in Mexico, where the cartels can get at them, so they can't snitch," the prisoner says.

If your main source is court docs and snitch statements, you have to understand most of that is not very credible.

Will you promise not to snitch if I tell you how to stop it, even if you don't go there yourself?

If anybody tries to stop us or to snitch you free you'll get the acid in those shining peepers without being able to move.

Pinkie and this double-crossing snitch went there—and only found a note from the White Moll.

They've put th' reward out, and three times since last night some of me own pals 've tried to snitch on me.

Snitch, to give information to the police, to turn approver.

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