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
Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
Don threatens to snitch unless Edward allows Blue to stay at the firehouse (and, of course, still bails them out financially).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Two jailhouse snitches told police James Caveye had confessed in custody.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Members, the docs claim, are surveilled and allegedly encouraged to snitch on one another.
—Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
Don threatens to snitch unless Edward allows Blue to stay at the firehouse (and, of course, still bails them out financially).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
Noun
Then, in March of 2021, the man was grabbed by two men who threw something at him and took him into a room where he was berated by Combs and called a snitch, according to NBC.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Two jailhouse snitches told police James Caveye had confessed in custody.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Noun
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Rios’ attorneys contend that the case had gone cold when Guevara, who at the time was a gang crimes specialist, not a homicide detective, inserted himself into the investigation by claiming two confidential informants had fingered Rios as the gunman.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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An informant with Talanoa Law and Justice told researchers that drugs impact the areas of the brain that control thinking and emotions.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Security services also rely on informers to tell them who might be using Starlink, and search internet and social media traffic for signs it has been used.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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By crunching data from millions of monthly payroll records for workers in jobs with exposure to generative AI, the authors concluded that workers ages 22 to 25—the canaries—have seen about a 13 percent decline in employment since late 2022.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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There are no canaries on the Canary Islands.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Early mouse and rat experiments suggested that something interesting was going on beyond simple calorie restriction.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Health advocacy groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest have long urged consumers to avoid products containing BHA because some studies have indicated that the chemical causes cancer in rats, mice and hamsters.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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