snitchverb
uk/snɪtʃ/us/snɪtʃ/snitch verb (TELL SECRETLY)
[ I ] informal disapproving to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:
She thought I'd snitched on her.
UK He snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work!
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Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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snitch verb (STEAL)
[ T ] informal to steal something:
"Where did you get that money?" "I snitched it from my dad when he wasn't looking."
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- sting
- whip
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snitch
noun [ C ] ukusinformal disapproving
You little snitch!