snitch
pronunciation
How to pronounce snitch in British English:
UK [snɪtʃ]
How to pronounce snitch in American English:
US [snɪtʃ]
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- Noun:
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
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- Verb:
- take by theft
- give away information about somebody
Word Origin
- snitch (n.)
- "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.
- snitch (v.)
- 1803, "to inform," from snitch (n.). Meaning "to steal, pilfer" is attested from 1904, perhaps a variant of snatch (v.). Related: Snitched; snitching.
Example
- 1. Alas , as the snitch is his wife , you can 't do this .
- 2. The lightest putative sentence would be given to someone who chose to snitch while the other three did not ;
- 3. Having a dog around made volunteers 30 % less likely to snitch than those who played without one .
- 4. Individually , they could choose ( without being able to talk to the others ) either to snitch on their team-mates or to stand by them .
- 5. When snitch approached the various anti-poaching ngos which number around 18 in africa alone he was rebuffed .