as in talking
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 stealing
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 lying
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching
Noun
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Southeast Asia has become a global epicenter of cyber scams, where high-tech fraud meets human trafficking.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 July 2025 -
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Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Innovative feats of trickery are infused with the world of weed.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Fiscal conservatives hated the massive spending and budget trickery.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
1 July 2025
Noun
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This deception couldn’t come at a worse time for America’s debt.—
Thomas Kahn,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Far from being some dastardly act of espionage and double-dealing, Cartwright made his fateful choice out of love.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Oct. 2024
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Making his Broadway debut, Burr is a cyclone as the fast-talking, double-dealing Dave Moss, who springs a plan to steal the leads on his unwilling accomplice, George Aaronow (McKean, drolly exasperated).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No, the movies in the novel are real, the suffering is real, the evasions and duplicities are real.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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“Snitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitching. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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