Synonyms of snitching

snitching 1 of 3

noun

as in lying

Related Words

• lying
• informing
• fraud
• trickery
• deception
• double-dealing
• duplicity
• deceit
• talebearing
• guile
• two-facedness
• backstabbing
• desertion
• betrayal
• treachery
• disloyalty
• treason
• abandonment
• perfidy
• double cross
• sellout
• infidelity
• faithlessness
• unfaithfulness
• falseness
• two-timing
• business
• falsity

Dissimilar Words

• loyalty
• allegiance
• devotion
• fidelity
• faithfulness
• steadfastness
• fealty
• reliability
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• protection
• defense
• staunchness
• shield
• safeguard

snitching

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verb (1)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talking
• informing
• squeaking
• finking
• telling (on)
• singing
• betraying
• splitting (on)
• squealing
• ratting (on)
• grassing (on)
• tattling
• dropping a dime (on)
• backstabbing
• selling (out)
• giving away
• turning in
• blabbing
• double-crossing
• crossing
• two-timing
• tipping (off)

snitching

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verb (2)

present participle of snitch

as in stealing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• swiping
• pilfering
• thieving
• robbing
• filching
• grabbing
• snatching
• lifting
• pinching
• pocketing
• appropriating
• purloining
• misappropriating
• hooking
• nicking
• nipping
• ripping off
• hijacking
• heisting
• running off with
• boosting
• making off with
• picking
• looting
• making away with
• taking
• plundering
• walking off with
• seizing
• burglarizing
• pillaging
• sacking
• poaching
• shoplifting
• knocking over
• rustling
• rifling
• mooching
• kidnapping
• carjacking
• collaring
• grasping
• sponging
• nailing
• abducting
• spiriting
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• contributing
• presenting
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snitching

Noun

In the Latino community, family members and neighbors accused one another of snitching, which Alexander says did happen. — Francesca D’annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026

Verb

As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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