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snitch

Pronunciation: /snɪtʃ/
informal
Definition of snitch

verb

  • 1 [with object] steal: he snitched the umbrella for when he went fishing figurativeshe was snitching a look out of the window
  • 2 [no object] inform on someone:she wouldn’t tell who snitched on me

noun

  • an informer: they thought he was a plant or a snitch

Origin:

late 17th century: of unknown origin

snitch in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of snitch in the US English dictionary
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