snitch

🇬🇧 UK/snitʃ/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To inform on someone, especially betraying a group to authorities; to steal something small

告密,告发;偷窃

n.

A person who informs on others, especially to the police; an informer

告密者,告发者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
snitchother
=snitch

Common Collocations

  • 1.snitch on someone告发某人
  • 2.school snitch校园告密者
  • 3.[office snitch]职场打小报告的人
  • 4.don't snitch不许告密

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Nobody trusted him after he snitched on his teammates to the coach.

  • 2.

    Don't snitch on your friends — handle problems within the group.

  • 3.

    Someone snitched a few cookies from the jar when no one was looking.

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