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
Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
After revealing their secret to Hagrid, Harry and Ron decide to play Quidditch their way — by sharing the broom and catching the snitch together.
—Staff Author, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
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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
In a twist, the money was never in the hands of the moles and was instead taken to the police as part of an elaborate plan by LT to plant false information and figure out who the snitch in the group was.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
After revealing their secret to Hagrid, Harry and Ron decide to play Quidditch their way — by sharing the broom and catching the snitch together.
—Staff Author, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Verb
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Thankfully, Kristine Froseth adds pep as a bimbo who hasn’t yet learned how to talk as leadenly as everyone else.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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At many such events in the past, people seated near me have talked throughout the concert.—
Maggie Penman,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Bahia is also where breakfast is served each morning—watch out for the cheeky birds who will steal any of your unattended banana pancakes or breakfast burritos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The animatronic creation adorably stole the spotlight from the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal, as well as other human collaborators like Sigourney Weaver (Colonel Ward) and director Jon Favreau (who managed to score a red carpet photo opportunity with the rising lime-green superstar).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The only reason anybody learned about it was the informant’s guilty plea.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Lea Garofalo Lea Garofalo was an Italian civilian informant whose break with the ’Ndrangheta ended in her murder.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Instead, inform the bank of your plans now to avoid having your funds get locked into a less profitable account.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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We were informed pretty quickly when each issue occurred.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Dominican authorities say Fernandez, the intended target, is Gomez' cousin and that Gomez plotted the hit believing that Fernandez had finked on him to Dominican drug officials in 2011.—
Marc Ramirez,
Dallas News,
20 June 2019
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Everybody is -- everybody is finking on each other.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
30 June 2018
Noun
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That is the canary in the 2 percent statistic.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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After Spirit Airlines ceased operations, in the middle of the night on May 2nd, a series of canary-yellow airplanes sat on the tarmac at Newark Airport, arranged neatly like children’s toys at day’s end.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The colilargo itself has no presence across the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego, which is believed to be too cold and isolated for the rat.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The first two fatalities, a Dutch couple, were probably infected through exposure to rat droppings while bird-watching in Argentina.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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