Synonyms for snitch


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : snich
Phonetic Transcription : snɪtʃ

Top 10 synonyms for snitch Other synonyms for the word snitch

Définition of snitch

Origin :
  • "informer," 1785, probably from underworld slang meaning "the nose" (1700), which apparently developed from an earlier meaning "fillip on the nose" (1670s). Snitcher in same sense is from 1827.
  • noun informer
  • verb steal
  • verb inform
Example sentences :
  • Snitch, to give information to the police, to turn approver.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • "Now, I'm not going to snitch on my mates," said McCarty decidedly.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle » by Wilmer M. Ely
  • The computers I love are being co-opted, used to spy on us, control us, snitch on us.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • A promise is a promise, especially to a small boy who scorns to "snitch."
  • Extract from : « Sheila of Big Wreck Cove » by James A. Cooper
  • Will you promise not to snitch if I tell you how to stop it, even if you don't go there yourself?
  • Extract from : « The White Moll » by Frank L. Packard
  • An' proper reg'lars on all that, paid square, 'ud be more'n I could make playin' the snitch, if Dan'll be open to reason.
  • Extract from : « The Hole in the Wall » by Arthur Morrison
  • The Gray Seal had become a snitch, a menace, a source of danger that stalked among them like a ghastly spectre.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Jimmie Dale » by Frank L. Packard
  • He hadn't a notion people would be so low-down as to snitch his idea and go to making cotton gins of their own.
  • Extract from : « Carl and the Cotton Gin » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • If anybody tries to stop us or to snitch you free you'll get the acid in those shining peepers without being able to move.
  • Extract from : « The Gray Mask » by Wadsworth Camp
  • They've put th' reward out, and three times since last night some of me own pals 've tried to snitch on me.
  • Extract from : « The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush » by Francis Lynde

Antonyms for snitch

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