snitching
present participle ofsnitch
snitch
verb
uk/snɪtʃ/us/snɪtʃ/snitchverb(TELL SECRETLY)
[I]informaldisapproving
tosecretlytellsomeone inauthoritythat someoneelsehas done somethingbad, often inordertocausetrouble:
ShethoughtI'd snitchedonher.
UKHe snitchedtomybossthat I'd been makinglong-distancecallsatwork!
- Would you snitch onyourfriend'spartner?
- Inmates who snitch on otherinmatesriskbeingsavagelybeaten.
- Eventually aclassmatesnitched, and Emma was called to the headteacher'soffice.
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- kiss
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
snitchverb(STEAL)
[T]informal
tostealsomething:
"Where did you get thatmoney?" "I snitched itfrommydadwhen he wasn'tlooking."
Dad snitched theHalloweensweets.
- Ioncesnitched abottleofperfumefrom my mother'sbedroom.
- He'd snitchedcreditcardnumbersfrom credit-companycomputers.
- "Slamming" refers to anunderhandedmethodof snitchingclientsfromrivals.
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- appropriation
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- joyride
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- raid
- rustle
- rustling
- snitch
- swipe
Examplesofsnitching
snitching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In the hip-hop world, this is called 'snitching'.
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There is nothing wrong with that—it is notsnitching; it is ensuring that the taxpayers' money is effectively spent and targeted at those who really need it.
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What will happen is that the lad with the curly locks will have a close hair shave and be out "snitching" handkerchiefs the moment he is released.
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This rule encompassed any kind of collaboration, not onlysnitchingor ratting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She actually believes that neighbors should startsnitchingout neighbors, and we should be deporting people.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Roberts criticized the university as well as the team for a culture that prohibitedsnitchingon the later exonerated lacrosse players.
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