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
Alice Burton, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The lockdown had bipartisan support in Parliament and was almost universally popular with the public, who enthusiastically snitched on violators to authorities.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Commentary and opinions The O.C. public defender who exposed the jailhouse snitch scandal is retiring, but not done, columnist Gustavo Arellano writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Verb
This isn’t helped by Bertha’s lady’s maid snitching about Larry kissing Marian, so now Bertha is on the lookout for any shenanigans.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The lockdown had bipartisan support in Parliament and was almost universally popular with the public, who enthusiastically snitched on violators to authorities.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Noun
The use of jailhouse snitches has become increasingly controversial.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Commentary and opinions The O.C. public defender who exposed the jailhouse snitch scandal is retiring, but not done, columnist Gustavo Arellano writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Noun
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Merlino came out on top after a hitman allegedly hired by Stanfa, spurned by Stanfa's refusal to pay him, became an informant for the FBI, per CBS News.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Though Cory lets the info slip to Celine as a bargaining chip, another informant spills the beans.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Meta’s recent mass layoffs on its AI team are a potential canary in the coal mine, signaling that AI companies might be realizing the boom is coming to an end.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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But some of the interiors seem to belong to another house, like a cheap-looking finished basement with canary-yellow walls and a bathroom with, oddly, a urinal.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 Oct. 2025
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These are like dollar store rats.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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According to a study recently published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, rat predation may cause enough damage to significantly threaten local bat populations.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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