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present participle of snitch
as in talking
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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snitching

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verb (2)

present participle of snitch

snitching

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noun

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Noun
  • Last month, Kubler was indicted by the Justice Department on charges of securities fraud and money laundering.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • Braddock didn’t appear in Life After Lockup, but denied being the mastermind behind the fraud during the trial.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Innovative feats of trickery are infused with the world of weed.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Fiscal conservatives hated the massive spending and budget trickery.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • This deception couldn’t come at a worse time for America’s debt.
    Thomas Kahn, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Far from being some dastardly act of espionage and double-dealing, Cartwright made his fateful choice out of love.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Making his Broadway debut, Burr is a cyclone as the fast-talking, double-dealing Dave Moss, who springs a plan to steal the leads on his unwilling accomplice, George Aaronow (McKean, drolly exasperated).
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • No, the movies in the novel are real, the suffering is real, the evasions and duplicities are real.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
  • That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.
    Jay Tcath, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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