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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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching
Noun
  • The Justice Department is investigating potential mortgage fraud, which Schiff has denied.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • For years, machine learning has been used to detect fraud and monitor suspicious activity.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Michigan had dropped four of its last six games, but mustered enough trickery and belief to keep pace that day and finally, enough gall to try a 2-point conversion that could clinch the game.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In the span of a few quarters, impersonation has graduated from trickery to full-spectrum mimicry.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The deception here is the notion that these four men are playing against one another, cards or dice or some type of game.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Clown references imply the fans are in on Swift's schemes, here for the deception and recognize the serious undertones beneath the singer's stage makeup.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 Aug. 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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“Snitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitching. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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