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
Staff Author, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
In the finale, Poker Face drops the bomb that Harrison was also playing the world’s preeminent assassin, the Iguana, who befriended Charlie in order to find the mob snitch the Iguana was hired to kill.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 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
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
In the finale, Poker Face drops the bomb that Harrison was also playing the world’s preeminent assassin, the Iguana, who befriended Charlie in order to find the mob snitch the Iguana was hired to kill.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitch
Noun
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The Weathermen and Panthers held meetings together and exchanged intel about government surveillance and police informants.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Miami Herald has previously reported that Pretel, who ran a company known as Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy and helped recruit the Colombian commandos, was an FBI informant.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 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
Noun
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If the canary wouldn’t sing, if the milkman was late, if the Pekingese had fleas, if an old coot in a starched collar had a heart attack on the way to church, that was the smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The proverbial canaries in coal mines will then cause a recession.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Safety concerns ultimately arose in rat studies so further testing stopped.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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Robinson uses rats in her research to understand how the brain adapts to emotions and how that affects behavior.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Snitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitch. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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