Dictionary Definition
snitch n : someone acting as an informer or decoy
for the police [syn: fink,
snitcher, stoolpigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
Verb
2 give away information about somebody; "He told
on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away,
rat, grass, shit, shop, stag]
User Contributed Dictionary
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English
Pronunciation
- /snɪtʃ/
- Rhymes with: -ɪtʃ
Verb
- To steal, quickly and quietly.
- To inform on.
- To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
Translations
To inform on
- A thief.
- An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
- A nose (usage - UK: An itchy snitch) - see snitch/verification.
Synonyms
Translations
An informer, usually one who betrays his group
- Finnish: vasikka, ilmiantaja
- German: Spitzel
- Norwegian: sladrehank
- Polish: donosiciel
- Spanish: chivata
A nose
- Polish: nochal
Translations to be checked
Extensive Definition
Snitch may refer to:
- a pejorative term for an informant
- "Snitch", a song from Obie Trice's album Second Round's on Me
- Stop Snitchin' campaign against people who snitch to law enforcement about criminal activity
- Snitch, a New Zealand-based GPS tracking company
- Golden Snitch, a ball in the Quidditch game in the Harry Potter series
- Snitch, 1998 thriller film (aka Monument Ave.) with Denis Leary, Martin Sheen and Billy Crudup
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, beak, bear witness against,
beezer, betray, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blow the
whistle, boost, borrow, canary, conk, cop, crib, defraud, delator, embezzle, extort, filch, fink, hook, inform against, inform on,
informer, lift, make off with, narc, nark, nick, nip, palm, peach, peacher, pecker, pilfer, pimp, pinch, poach, purloin, rat, run away with, rustle, schnozzle, scrounge, sell out, shoplift, sing, smeller, snare, snatch, snitch on, snitcher, snout, spy, squeak, squeal, squealer, steal, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, swindle, swipe, take, talebearer, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tell on, telltale, testify against,
thieve, tipster, turn informer, walk off
with, whistle-blower