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snitch

(snĭch) Slang

v. snitched, snitch·ing, snitch·es

v.intr.

To act as an informer: He snitched on his comrades.

v.tr.

To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer: snitched a cookie from the counter.

1. An informer.

2. A thief.

[Origin unknown.]

snitch′er n.

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snitch

(snɪtʃ)

1. (tr) to steal; take, esp in an underhand way

2. (intr) to act as an informer

3. an informer; telltale

4. (Anatomy) the nose

[C17: of unknown origin]

ˈsnitcher n

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snitch¹

(snɪtʃ)

v.t.

Informal. to snatch or steal; pilfer.

[1900–05, Amer.; perhaps alter. of snatch]

snitch²

(snɪtʃ)

v.i. Informal.

1. to turn informer; tattle.

2. an informer.

[1775–85; orig. uncertain]

snitch

Past participle: snitched
Gerund: snitching

Imperative
snitch
snitch

Present
I snitch
you snitch
he/she/it snitches
we snitch
you snitch
they snitch

Preterite
I snitched
you snitched
he/she/it snitched
we snitched
you snitched
they snitched

Present Continuous
I am snitching
you are snitching
he/she/it is snitching
we are snitching
you are snitching
they are snitching

Present Perfect
I have snitched
you have snitched
he/she/it has snitched
we have snitched
you have snitched
they have snitched

Past Continuous
I was snitching
you were snitching
he/she/it was snitching
we were snitching
you were snitching
they were snitching

Past Perfect
I had snitched
you had snitched
he/she/it had snitched
we had snitched
you had snitched
they had snitched

Future
I will snitch
you will snitch
he/she/it will snitch
we will snitch
you will snitch
they will snitch

Future Perfect
I will have snitched
you will have snitched
he/she/it will have snitched
we will have snitched
you will have snitched
they will have snitched

Future Continuous
I will be snitching
you will be snitching
he/she/it will be snitching
we will be snitching
you will be snitching
they will be snitching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been snitching
you have been snitching
he/she/it has been snitching
we have been snitching
you have been snitching
they have been snitching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been snitching
you will have been snitching
he/she/it will have been snitching
we will have been snitching
you will have been snitching
they will have been snitching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been snitching
you had been snitching
he/she/it had been snitching
we had been snitching
you had been snitching
they had been snitching

Conditional
I would snitch
you would snitch
he/she/it would snitch
we would snitch
you would snitch
they would snitch

Past Conditional
I would have snitched
you would have snitched
he/she/it would have snitched
we would have snitched
you would have snitched
they would have snitched

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Noun	1.	snitch - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police canary, fink, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Verb	1.	snitch - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" cop, glom, thieve, knock off, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	2.	snitch - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" shit, tell on, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass, rat inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" sell out - give information that compromises others

snitch

verb

1. Slang. To take (another's property) without permission:

filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.

Informal: lift, swipe.

Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off.

Idiom: make off with.

2. Slang. To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities:

inform, talk, tattle, tip (off).

Informal: fink.

Slang: rat, sing, squeal, stool.

Idiom: blow the whistle.

noun

Slang. One who gives incriminating information about others:

informant, informer, tattler, tattletale.

Informal: rat, tipster.

Slang: fink, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon.

Translations

klauen Spitzel

καρφί

buchón ladrona

ilmiantajakähveltääkannellakieliäpihistää

accuser balancer cafter dénoncer livrer

delatore pentito rubare spia traditore

złodziej

skvallrasnotjalla

snitch

[snɪtʃ]

A. VI to snitch on sb → chivarse or soplar a algn

B. VT (= steal) → birlar

C. N

1. (= nose) → napias fpl

2. (= informer) → soplón/ona m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snitch

[ˈsnɪtʃ]

vi (= tell) → cafter
to snitch on sb → cafter qn

n (= telltale) → cafteur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snitch

(inf)

vt → klauen (inf)

vi to snitch on somebody → über jdn plaudern (inf) → or klatschen

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snitch

[snɪtʃ] (fam)

1. vi (inform) to snitch on sb → fare la spia a qn

2. vt (steal) → sgraffignare

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