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snitch

1   [snich]
verb (used with object) Informal.
to snatch or steal; pilfer.
Origin:
1900–05; perhaps variant of snatch

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snitch

2   [snich] Informal.
verb (used without object)
1.
to turn informer; tattle.
noun
2.
Also called snitch·er. an informer.
Origin:
1775–85; origin uncertain
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snitch (snɪtʃ)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to steal; take, esp in an underhand way
2.  (intr) to act as an informer
 
—n
3.  an informer; telltale
4.  the nose
 
[C17: of unknown origin]
 
'snitcher
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

snitch
"informer," 1785, probably from underworld slang meaning "the nose" (1700), which apparently developed from an earlier meaning "fillip on the nose" (1676).
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snitch
1803, "to inform," from snitch (n.). Meaning "to steal, pilfer" is attested from 1904, perhaps a variant of snatch (v.).
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snitch definition

[snɪtʃ]
  1. n.
    an informer. : Who needs a snitch? If he can't keep his mouth shut, he can beat it.
  2. in.
    to inform (on someone). (Often with on.) : The cops were waiting for us. Who snitched?
  3. tv.
    to steal something. : Why don't you snitch the salt from one of the other tables?
  4. n.
    a theft. (Underworld.) : The snitch went off without a hitch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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