snitch
83
7.5
- noun
- /snɪtʃ/
- Slang
:
soplón
- As far as anyone knew for certain, the snitch who tipped off Sneed was never discovered.
- informants and snitches
- rats and snitches
- jailhouse snitches
And what didn't end up happening in his case is the snitch disappeared.
- And what didn't end up happening in his case is the snitch disappeared.
- Lee Horace Grant said he wasn't a snitch.
- Who had missed him being a snitch, right, versus a snitch who just lies about it.
- You're building a rat ship here, a vessel for seagoing snitches.
- Like if you're a snitch, they want to like kill you, you know what I mean?
- All of my arrests were because of snitches and in my line of what my old line of work.
- According to the texts from a source he described as a quote, jailhouse snitch.
- So if I have to be called a snitch the rest of my life, I don't give a fuck.
- Like a human instinct to look at snitches as vile because they are viewing themselves over the group.
- Megan, there's a saying in prison stitches for snitches and snitches are bitches, right?
- You make statements, he points at somebody from the dock, get a snitch.
Examples
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"How much does the chosen snitch want for this?"
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Of course, I'm no snitch, you know that.
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So there was a time when there was the set that had had a snitch inside them.
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I am not a snitch.
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A "wanna be," you know, nobody really liked him because he was a snitch.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's got to be a snitch here.
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You're not a snitch, and besides, you can take care of yourself.
Fiction book (1993) -
There's a lot of snitches around here.
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He says you're a snitch.
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He refused to cooperate with the police because he did not want to be known as a snitch among his friends.
Synonyms
165
5.6
A person who secretly gives information to police, journalists, or researchers
75
6.1
A person who secretly tells adults or police about things other people do wrong
27
6.0
A person who secretly tells police about someone else's crimes to get money or protection
18
9.2
A person who gives information about others to the police, betraying them
9
6.9
A person, usually a child, who tells an adult about others' bad behavior to get them in trouble
6
8.1
A person who tells the police about other people's crimes
3
9.9
A person who gives the police secret information about criminals
3
9.9
A person who secretly gives information to the police, often from inside a group
3
8.9
A person who secretly gives information to the police
1
8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
A person who tells someone in charge about others to get them in trouble, said as an insult
A person who secretly tells the police about criminals
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who tells someone in charge about others to get them in trouble, said as an insult
How Disloyal
- Offensive
381
3.9
- Offensive
330
7.3
- Slang
83
7.5
27
6.0
- Offensive
9
6.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snitch as a noun meaning 'a person who secretly informs' comes from the verb 'to snitch', so a snitch is someone who 'tells' on others, often to avoid trouble.