to snitch
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7.9
- verb
- /snɪtʃ/
- Slang
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- He was afraid to snitch on his friends, even though they were doing something illegal.
- snitch on someone
- snitched to the cops
- get someone to snitch
People in the same block are being told go snitch on your neighbor.
- People in the same block are being told go snitch on your neighbor.
- No, stop snitching on me today, Dang.
- Like like snitching on your Co workers, Like, hey, you go to HR.
- But then I'd seen the Godfather and I'd grown up on that whole don't snitch mentality.
- This is where, like, my moral compass struggled because you don't snitch.
- And the second person to be seen was the guy who basically snitched on us.
- So one of her students saw me sleeping in the bus station and snitched on me.
- And so everybody's seeing this example and saying, well, I'm going to snitch then.
- I was like, no, he's like, until someone gets here, you snitched on, we're OK.
Examples
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No, I don't think asking friends to snitch is the right way to go about it.
Blog text (15) -
Told my brother I was gonna snitch on him, didn't ya?
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I thought to myself, wow, the boss wants me to snitch, so I better make it a good one.
Blog text (25) -
But not only that, also to snitch on their neighbours.
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People in the same block are being told go snitch on your neighbor.
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- I'm not gonna snitch on you, man.
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You didn't snitch on me.
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I had no intention of snitching on her, of course.
Fiction book (1992) -
The reason they don't snitch is that they can expect severe consequences if they do.
Blog text (31) -
I know there was a bust and that you must've snitched first.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
143
4.6
Tell someone's secret to other people
114
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
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8.6
To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust
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8.8
To betray others by telling secret information about them
70
8.4
To tell secret information to the police or other officials
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6.8
To secretly tell the police about someone's illegal actions
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5.1
To tell the authorities or the public about wrongdoing
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4.4
To report to a person in charge that someone did something wrong so they get in trouble
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6.5
Tell authorities about someone, often exposing them to punishment
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8.0
To tell the police or a manager that someone did something wrong
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9.9
To tell the police about someone's crimes or secrets
2
9.9
To tell authorities secret information about someone to get them in trouble
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9.9
To tell the police that someone has done something wrong
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who tells someone in charge about others to get them in trouble, said as an insult
How Disloyal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snitch as a verb meaning 'to secretly inform' can be remembered by thinking of sneak: someone who 'sneaks' a secret to others, so to snitch is to 'tell on someone' in a quiet or sneaky way.