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).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Two jailhouse snitches told police James Caveye had confessed in custody.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Members, the docs claim, are surveilled and allegedly encouraged to snitch on one another.
—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
Then, in March of 2021, the man was grabbed by two men who threw something at him and took him into a room where he was berated by Combs and called a snitch, according to NBC.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Two jailhouse snitches told police James Caveye had confessed in custody.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Noun
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Investigators are using tools ranging from electronic surveillance — which includes the internet — undercover operations and informants to monitor any potential threat of attack from terrorist groups Hezbollah, al Qaeda, and ISIS.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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The sergeant said the lieutenant who would typically receive informant money had not been given any in November or December.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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By crunching data from millions of monthly payroll records for workers in jobs with exposure to generative AI, the authors concluded that workers ages 22 to 25—the canaries—have seen about a 13 percent decline in employment since late 2022.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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There are no canaries on the Canary Islands.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Largest rat surrender in years This was the largest rat surrender that the MSPCA has seen in more than five years, and 60% more than the total number of rats the organization adopted out in 2025.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Several new billboards on Interstate 84 in Hartford and West Hartford are sending a not-so-gentile reminder that rat poison kills more than just rats.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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