noun
- people who inform on others, especially to authorities
Usage: informal
verb
- informs on someone to authorities; tattles
Usage: informal
Examples
- The gang members were afraid of snitches in their organization.
- Nobody likes snitches who tell the teacher about minor rule violations.
- He snitches on his classmates whenever they break school rules.
- She never snitches on her friends, even when they make mistakes.
- The police rely on informants, though criminals call them snitches.
- Don’t be one of those snitches who reports every little thing.