snitch

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When the prosecutor uses a jailhouse snitch, the snitch is considered honest and trustworthy.

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  1. transitive verb To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer. See Synonyms at steal.
  2. intransitive verb To turn informer: He snitched on his comrades.
  3. noun A thief.
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  • But don't ask me to be your snitch, and don't come sneaking around the game farm either. —  AHMM,March2008
  • And at night, while the girl walked the hillside, he sat on his terrace and drank the last of the ouzo, raising his glass to the unconquerable Mani Copyright (c) 2006 Leslie Budewitz Back to Table of Contents Solution to the November UNSOLVED Hazel the snitch is the wife of Abe Pitts. —  AHMM,December2006
  • Not in those exact words, but I would have been cursed out and called a snitch and all these other things. —  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • His snitch is always stained with snuff, which he's not used – honest, Lovejoy – for ten years, the lying old sod. —  process 10
  • The troops knew he wouldn't snitch, and so they told him everything. —  A Phule and his Money
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