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词汇 snitch
释义 snitch
verb
uk /snɪtʃ/ us /snɪtʃ/

snitchverb (TELL SECRETLY)


[ I ]informaldisapproving
to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble: 告发,告密,揭发
She thought I'd snitched on her.她认为是我告了她。
UKHe snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work!他向老板告密,说我上班时打长途电话!
Would you snitch on your friend's partner?
Inmates who snitch on other inmates risk being savagely beaten.
Eventually a classmate snitched, and Emma was called to the headteacher's office.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Revealing secrets & becoming known
anti-secrecy
backchannel
bare
bare your heart/soulidiom
blow someone's coveridiom
blow/take the lid off somethingidiom
declassify
hold
huddle
kiss
put the word outidiom
rat
rat on someone/something
reintroduce
revealingly
state's evidence
surface
tip
transpire
unravel

snitchverb (STEAL)


[ T ]informal
to steal something: 偷窃,偷盗
"Where did you get that money?" "I snitched it from my dad when he wasn't looking."“你从哪里搞到的那些钱?”“我趁爸爸不注意时偷的。”
Dad snitched the Halloween sweets.
I once snitched a bottle of perfume from my mother's bedroom.
He'd snitched credit card numbers from credit-company computers.
"Slamming" refers to an underhanded method of snitching clients from rivals.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stealing
abscond
abscond with someone/something
aggravated burglary
anti-burglar
anti-burglary
eavesdrop
hot-wire
housebreaking
jemmy
jimmy
job
kleptomania
piratically
plunder
poach
poaching
porch piracy
rustle
rustling
snaffle
snitch
noun[ C ]
 informaldisapprovinguk /snɪtʃ/ us /snɪtʃ/
someone who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:
You little snitch!
People who cooperate with police are viewed by their neighbours as snitches.
Nobody wants to hire snitches who badmouth their employer.
They hired the mafia to hunt down the snitch who released the information.
He was largely convicted by the testimony of a lying jailhouse snitch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People who reveal secrets & tell tales
big mouth
blabbermouth
dobber
fink
grass
informer
nark
rat
rumour-monger
scandalmonger
scaremonger
sneak
source
stool pigeon
supergrass
tattletale
telltale
whistle-blower

snitch | American Dictionary


snitch
verb
 infmlus/snɪtʃ/

snitchverb (TELL SECRETLY)


[ I ]
to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:
If you keep snitching on your friends, you won’t have many left.

snitchverb (STEAL)


[ T ]
to steal, or to take without permission:
I snitched a pencil from your desk – hope you don’t mind.
snitch
noun[ C ]
us/snɪtʃ/
infml
a person who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something bad:
Don’t be a snitch.

Examples of snitch


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In the hip-hop world, this is called ' snitching'.
Snitch refs, whilst the snitch is off field, act as an additional bludger ref.
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Often, prisoners would choose to become a snitch to get away from their tormentors.
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The snitch is able to defend themself in any way possible except for climbing buildings and trees.
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He decides they must find out where the paintings are and snitch them from under the colonel's and the lieutenant's noses.
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Tad informed his father's crack-dealer of an employer and accused his father of being a snitch.
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He is an annoying snitch, mechanical genius, the school brainiac, and tattletale.
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Back at the mansion, tensions rise as a snitch is revealed among the men.
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They realize that they have a snitch in their own gang and that they can't get out of the country because the police will be looking for them.
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There is nothing wrong with that—it is not snitching; it is ensuring that the taxpayers' money is effectively spent and targeted at those who really need it.
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What will happen is that the lad with the curly locks will have a close hair shave and be out "snitching" handkerchiefs the moment he is released.
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She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people.
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Look how, in early years, children become aware of the culture of silence—in the playground, they learn not to snitch.
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He is a "snitch" or a sneak.
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Fear of being labelled a snitch or rat prevented her from going to the police.
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