as in informants
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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as in talks
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 steals
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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“Snitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitches. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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