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noun

as in lying

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snitching

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verb (1)

present participle of snitch
as in talking
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself

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snitching

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of snitch
as in stealing
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home

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Recent Examples of snitching
Verb
As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 Time off hoarding and snitching ensued. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea. — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025 The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who taunted him about snitching during a recent trip to a Florida mall. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching
  1. lying
  2. talking
  3. stealing
  4. informing
  5. fraud
  6. trickery
  7. deception
  8. double-dealing
Noun
  • Trending Stories Inevitably, the lying started to catch up with her.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The latest indictment, which the district attorney said was returned July 20, adds the lying in wait circumstance to the previous murder charges.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lying
Verb
  • When families of the Lincoln’s sailors started talking with reporters, their complaints were met with contempt from the top.
    — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Taken with each other, Celine agrees to continue talking with Jesse in Vienna before his morning flight.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Moments before, with Wells still at the plate and the Yankees leading 7-1, Flemming and color analyst Will Middlebrooks vented about Chisholm stealing second base and third base during the at-bat.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After spending 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean is being released a hardened man.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of stealing
Noun
  • Katrina was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, false informing and failure to report a corpse, while Hopkins was also charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report a corpse.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of informing
Noun
  • Colorado has no shortage of important legal priorities, from protecting consumers against fraud to addressing the complex issues facing families and businesses across the state.
    — Robin Rossenfeld, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026
  • So far, only one conviction has come out of the sweeping fraud investigation of Loretto’s former executives.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fraud
Noun
  • Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.
    — Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Marc Cucurella and Pedro Porro have stretched defenses from the flanks, while Lamine Yamal has confused them with his trickery.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 July 2026
Definition of trickery
Noun
  • Prevention of fraud, deception and public accountability are reasons given for this suggestion.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As the investigation unfolded, what initially appeared to be a daring ransom scheme evolved into a complex story of obsession, deception, and unexpected motives.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of deception
Noun
  • For some of King’s followers, her double-dealing also is difficult to let go.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But that rhetoric sounded hollow in the face of its dalliance with a drug-smuggling double-dealing despot like Noriega.
    — Time, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of double-dealing

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“Snitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snitching. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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