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
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
In a twist, the money was never in the hands of the moles and was instead taken to the police as part of an elaborate plan by LT to plant false information and figure out who the snitch in the group was.
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Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Members, the docs claim, are surveilled and allegedly encouraged to snitch on one another.
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Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
Don threatens to snitch unless Edward allows Blue to stay at the firehouse (and, of course, still bails them out financially).
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
These posts referred to the witness as a rat and as a snitch.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
In a twist, the money was never in the hands of the moles and was instead taken to the police as part of an elaborate plan by LT to plant false information and figure out who the snitch in the group was.
—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Verb
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Robert, talk me through the thinking behind this framing.
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.
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Bald eagle are also known to scavenge for food and carrion, even stealing from other hunting birds mid-flight.
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The show was canceled that year, after Mencia was accused of stealing material from other comedians.
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Former Gambino mobster and government informant John Alite poses on a Queens street in 2013.
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Rogness is charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact and one count of tampering with a witness, victim or informant.
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Former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has been informed by the NFL that the league will not hold a supplemental draft prior to the 2026 season.
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Gonzalez worked to enforce a roadblock during the chemical plume without being informed about the dangers of inhaling the chemicals.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Dominican authorities say Fernandez, the intended target, is Gomez' cousin and that Gomez plotted the hit believing that Fernandez had finked on him to Dominican drug officials in 2011.
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Everybody is -- everybody is finking on each other.
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Matt Schmidt, founder of Schmidt Automotive Research, said BMW is a canary in a coal mine for the industry.
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Princess Kate is back at Royal Ascot and looking radiant in a canary-yellow look.
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There are obvious similarities to Brad Marchand here, with rat king energy and two-way skill, but his shutdown play could put him on the Seth Jarvis track, too.
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Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter.
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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