How to Use snitch in a Sentence

snitch

1 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • She’s been called a snitch, a liar and been told by her peers to kill herself.
    — OregonLive.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • These posts referred to the witness as a rat and as a snitch.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Hence the sharpest scene in the movie, amid reports of a snitch in the gang’s ranks.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
  • These are boom times for snitches who turn in tax cheats to Uncle Sam.
    — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Cipriani knows that he’s considered a snitch.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Some students call them snitches or see them as meddling do-gooders.
    — Martha Irvine, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2018
  • For wizards, the snitch is a tiny magical golden ball that flits around at high speeds.
    — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 26 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
  • His whole tenure in office has been marked by snitches and rats and backstabbers.
    — Jane Morice | [email protected], cleveland, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Somebody in Heidi Cruz’s close circle of friends is a snitch.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • On Monday's episode of the show, the panelists shared their thoughts on office snitches.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
  • 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
  • If one snitches and the other stays silent, the rat gets a lighter sentence while the quiet partner suffers.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2015
  • Funes-Diaz was killed to keep her from becoming a snitch, police said.
    — Fox News, 9 Sep. 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 house includes a golden snitch, quaffle, and its very own Tri-Wizard cup.
    — Joseph Neese, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2019
  • And in each case, the information the snitch gave eventually proved false.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 9 Mar. 2020
  • In fact, to this day, sometimes a whistleblower is ostracized and labeled as a rat or snitch for their efforts.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • One of her favorite scenes is when Harry Potter catches the golden snitch.
    — Kathi Santora, baltimoresun.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Yikes, some insist, the AI is being turned into a gigantic snitch.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross.
    — Byjoshua Goodman, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The state’s use of snitches and the many random arrests serve as powerful tools of social control, Arkhipova said.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
  • 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

snitch

2 of 2 verb
  • When women and children were slain, people would be willing to snitch.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Time off hoarding and snitching ensued.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
  • But doing your bit doesn’t include calling the police to snitch on a neighbor.
    — Luke Vargas, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Eric Paschall ✔ @epaschall Doug Collins was not going to snitch lol!
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2020
  • This n—a came home talkin’ about, ‘These n—s snitched,’ when everybody risked their life and freedom for you, boy.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Students should be told that there's a big difference between snitching and seeking help, the guide said.
    — NBC News, 11 July 2018
  • But they are also assumed to snitch on dissenters, leaving many Chinese students afraid to speak their minds.
    — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Authorities say Clark, a drug dealer, had worried his ex-roommate would snitch on him.
    — Michael Graczyk, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Authorities said that Clark, a drug dealer, had worried that Muse would snitch on him.
    — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Members, the docs claim, are surveilled and allegedly encouraged to snitch on one another.
    — Jane Borden, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • But at least one news account says the Garden State’s #77 campaign promotes snitching.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 10 June 2017
  • 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
  • Chuck Rizzo avoids going to jail for allegedly intimidating a key witness who snitched on him.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Don threatens to snitch unless Edward allows Blue to stay at the firehouse (and, of course, still bails them out financially).
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • In Anchorage, children were offered rewards to snitch on bootleggers and still locations.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Still, when commenters weren’t satisfied, Sadow took to his own Instagram to dispel snitching rumors.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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

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