How to Use snitch in a Sentence

snitch

1 of 2 noun

• Hence the sharpest scene in the movie, amid reports of a snitch in the gang’s ranks.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
• The game ends when a winged golden ball, called the snitch, is caught.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 20 July 2022
• That’s the strange thing about it—feeling like a snitch or a cop.
  — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2020
• And the words for balls, like quaffle and snitch, are still used, too.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 20 July 2022
• The thing that makes a good detective is a good snitch.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• She’s been called a snitch, a liar and been told by her peers to kill herself.
  — OregonLive.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• The game ends when a team scores 70 or more points after the snitch runner is released.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• These are boom times for snitches who turn in tax cheats to Uncle Sam.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019
• The name of the snitch — a magical golden ball in the books, and a role played by a person in the game — will also be changed.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• The Stasi employed one snitch for every 60 people in the GDR: an army to surveil a nation.
  — Cory Doctorow, Slate Magazine, 22 May 2017
• On Monday's episode of the show, the panelists shared their thoughts on office snitches.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
• In 2015, a couple prisoners took note and assumed the worst: that Gutierrez-Ruiz was a snitch for the guards.
  — Chris Outcalt, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
• Somebody in Heidi Cruz’s close circle of friends is a snitch.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• For wizards, the snitch is a tiny magical golden ball that flits around at high speeds.
  — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 26 Dec. 2017
• The house includes a golden snitch, quaffle, and its very own Tri-Wizard cup.
  — Joseph Neese, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2019
• Sandel said a family member of his client found one of the flyers outing him as a snitch and pulled it down.
  — Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The film makes a strong case that Cliff’s confession, and those of the two snitches, were untrue; that the convictions were built on lies.
  — Thomas L. Dybdahl, Slate Magazine, 5 Sep. 2017
• If one snitches and the other stays silent, the rat gets a lighter sentence while the quiet partner suffers.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2015
• The drastic conversion taught us that Elon Musk needs to step his game up, and that Teslas are snitches.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2019
• According to the cookout snitch, charcoal grills weren’t allowed in the section of the park where the family was.
  — Yesha Callahan, The Root, 10 May 2018
• Knowing his beloved was a huge fan, Palma dreamed up the perfect way to pop the question while in Egypt: using a golden snitch.
  — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2017
• There’s talk of a rat — not the rodent, but a snitch — an incriminating audio tape, the FBI and a rival gang.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
• In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross.
  — Byjoshua Goodman, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• Still, this snitch knew specific details about Tiffany's attack -- and there was more.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 5 May 2018
• None of this has stopped rap fans and fellow rappers from labeling Gunna a snitch.
  — Paul Thompson, Vulture, 20 June 2023
• His whole tenure in office has been marked by snitches and rats and backstabbers.
  — Jane Morice | [e-mail], cleveland, 29 Sep. 2019
• Which leads me to one question and one question alone: Who the hell snitches on weed snickerdoodles?
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 25 Jan. 2018
• One of her favorite scenes is when Harry Potter catches the golden snitch.
  — Kathi Santora, baltimoresun.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• And in each case, the information the snitch gave eventually proved false.
  — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 9 Mar. 2020
• In most of the trials, the charges were significantly reduced or outright dropped when the illicit use of snitches in the case came to light.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023

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snitch

2 of 2 verb

• Eric Paschall ✔ @epaschall Doug Collins was not going to snitch lol!
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2020
• Imagine the Raiders get the ball first and believe the plan for a tie is in place, just like the two suspects who agree to not snitch on each other.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• But doing your bit doesn’t include calling the police to snitch on a neighbor.
  — Luke Vargas, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
• When women and children were slain, people would be willing to snitch.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2018
• The only hope for buyers who feel they've been wronged by the super mafia is to get evidence that a super has snitched.
  — Tom Acitelli, Town & Country, 3 Sep. 2013
• My daughter, who's 3, has been snitching them all morning.
  — Kim Walker, Woman's Day, 14 Feb. 2012
• Troy Clark was sentenced to die in 2000 for killing Christina Muse out of fear the young mother would snitch on him for his drug use, according to court records.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2018
• Students should be told that there's a big difference between snitching and seeking help, the guide said.
  — NBC News, 11 July 2018
• Afterward, the student’s teammates followed him into the bathroom and warned him not to snitch, the lawsuit said.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• Authorities said that Clark, a drug dealer, had worried that Muse would snitch on him.
  — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
• But at least one news account says the Garden State’s #77 campaign promotes snitching.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 10 June 2017
• But they are also assumed to snitch on dissenters, leaving many Chinese students afraid to speak their minds.
  — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
• Heddie meets her new defense attorney, who tries to convince her to snitch on Red in order to save herself.
  — Laura Sirikul, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2022
• The black-and-white visual gives the song an ominous tone as Gunna candidly speaks on his plea deal and the snitching allegations pinned against him.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 2 June 2023
• Authorities say Clark, a drug dealer, had worried his ex-roommate would snitch on him.
  — Michael Graczyk, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
• When Frank is arrested, not only for robbery but for killing a cop, Izzy worries that Frank will snitch and he’ll be prosecuted, too.
  — Dan Cryer, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
• But Reeves, to his credit, refuses to posit a psychological rationale for those who snitch to the state.
  — Ava Kofman, New Republic, 10 May 2017
• There is no need to snitch on this colleague who hasn’t done anything to you except have different political beliefs.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 20 May 2022
• Schools and parents must also teach kids that reporting concerning behavior isn’t the same thing as snitching on a friend, Langman says.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• That was what Player One initially told officials after being warned by teammates not to snitch.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• Cardoza-Moore questioned why the school would encourage parents to snitch on one another and what would happen if a parent violates the waiver.
  — Caleb Parke, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2020
• Several theories emerged about what happened to her: Some people think that she was caught by the FBI and agreed to snitch about her drug connections in exchange for witness protection.
  — Karen Zelermyer, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022
• Instead of letting Nutmeg get away with misbehaving, Paprika decides to snitch on the pooch by barking at her dog sibling.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• Chuck Rizzo avoids going to jail for allegedly intimidating a key witness who snitched on him.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2018
• Still, when commenters weren’t satisfied, Sadow took to his own Instagram to dispel snitching rumors.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
• But California’s regulations contain at least one glaring oversight that could force some would-be cannabis couriers to snitch on themselves.
  — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 13 May 2018
• In Anchorage, children were offered rewards to snitch on bootleggers and still locations.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2020
• The hook for his inexcusably overlong gangster picture sends an informant undercover into the ranks of his brother’s crew of soccer hooligans to snitch him free of drug-dealing charges.
  — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2022
• Add those infractions to the incessant lying, snitching, backstabbing, and accusations of alcoholism, and yeah...I'm sure you'd be exhausted, too.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020
• Young people in particular worry about repercussions from snitching on a peer or being accused of misinterpreting a joke for a serious threat.
  — Nicole Hockley, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024