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snitching

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verb (1)

present participle of snitch

snitching

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verb (2)

present participle of snitch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snitching
Verb
This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 Time off hoarding and snitching ensued. Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea. Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025 The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who taunted him about snitching during a recent trip to a Florida mall. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching
Noun
  • Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez then accused Rubio of lying and said that Cuba had no knowledge of the offer.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • Those gathering for the lying in state and funeral will contrast with huge nationwide protests in January that were met by a deadly crackdown by security forces that left thousands dead and sent shock waves around the world.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The boy wasn’t talking, unlike other toddlers his age who are typically using simple words and phrases.
    Jackie Mader, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But Democratic primary voters aren’t talking to GOP strategists.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The film revolves around a crew of motorcycle thieves who begin stealing priceless antiquities around the world.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The ticket Lockhart is accused of stealing had a prize value of $2,600, per the affidavit.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Katrina was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, false informing and failure to report a corpse, while Hopkins was also charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report a corpse.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • An extraditable arrest warrant was obtained on charges of first-degree identity theft, second-degree money laundering, first-degree larceny, criminal impersonation and second-degree telephone fraud.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But even some of the grants slated to fund more traditional human rights projects skirt federal requirements for competitive bidding that are meant to deter waste, fraud and abuse.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.
    Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Marc Cucurella and Pedro Porro have stretched defenses from the flanks, while Lamine Yamal has confused them with his trickery.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • Recent history suggests that the only effective counter to such meddling is a public statement alerting voters to the deception, by some credibly neutral, nonpartisan authority.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Peter trying to have a normal holiday while grieving Tony, Mysterio’s deception, and the post-credits scene that blows Peter’s life apart — all of it feeds into where the new film finds him.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For some of King’s followers, her double-dealing also is difficult to let go.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But that rhetoric sounded hollow in the face of its dalliance with a drug-smuggling double-dealing despot like Noriega.
    Time, Time, 25 Nov. 2025

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“Snitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitching. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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