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Definition of Snitch

1. Verb. Take by theft. "Someone snitched my wallet!"

2. Noun. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.

3. Verb. Give away information about somebody. "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

Definition of Snitch

1. Verb. (transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To inform on. ¹

3. Verb. (slang transitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason. ¹

4. Noun. A thief. ¹

5. Noun. An informer, usually one who betrays his group. ¹

6. Noun. (British) A nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snitch

1. to tattle [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: tattle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snitch

snippings snippy snips snipy snirt snirted snirting snirtle snirtled snirtles

snirtling snirts snit snit-fit snit fit snitch (current term) snitched snitcher snitchers snitches

snitching snite snites snithe snithy snits snittier snittiest snitty snive

Literary usage of Snitch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Australind; Wanderings in Western Australia and the Malay East: Wanderings by Henry Taunton (1903)
"... —M'snitch and his Fortunes —Start for Nibi-Nibi—A Solitary Ride—The Bush Scenery— Twenty-eights—Bush Songsters—Forest Trees—Eucalyptus— ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"To snitch is provincial English. snitcher, snitch (thieves), an informer, one who turns Queen's evidence, one who causes one to be " snitched," se, ..."

3. Children's Courts in the United States: Their Origin, Development, and Results by Samuel June Barrows (1904)
"For instance, a tattle tale is called by every Denver boy a "snitch." Every boy knows that if he tells on one of his companions he is outlawed. ..."

4. Children's Courts in the United States: Their Origin, Development, and Results by Samuel June Barrows (1904)
"For instance, a .tattle tale is called by every Denver boy a "snitch." Every boy knows that if he tells on one of his companions he is outlawed. ..."

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