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snitch definition

snitch (snic̸h)

transitive verb

Slang to steal (usually something of little value); pilfer

Etymology: < 18th-c. thieves' slang: orig. sense “a nose”

intransitive verb

Slang to be an informer; tattle (on)

noun

Slang an informer
also snitcher snitch′er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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