SNITCHING Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word snitching. (close relations)
Definition of SNITCHING
snitch
Best Alternative Words for SNITCHING
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informing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) • a speech act that conveys information | ||||||||
ratting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | ||||||||
reporting | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | ||||||||
squealing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | ||||||||
tattling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • prone to communicate confidential information | ||||||||
telling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • an act of narration • informing by words • disclosing information or giving evidence about another adjective satellite • disclosing unintentionally something concealed • powerfully persuasive • producing a strong effect | ||||||||
betraying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • reveal unintentionally • deliver to an enemy by treachery • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage • give away information about somebody • cause someone to believe an untruth | ||||||||
divulging | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | ||||||||
grassing | verbv | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
leaking | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
noun • an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape • soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi • a euphemism for urination • the discharge of a fluid from some container • unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information verb • tell anonymously • be leaked • enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure • have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out | ||||||||
betray | verbv | |||||||
verb • reveal unintentionally • deliver to an enemy by treachery • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage • give away information about somebody • cause someone to believe an untruth | ||||||||
canary | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police • a female singer • a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge • any of several small Old World finches adjective satellite • having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow | ||||||||
cop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • uncomplimentary terms for a policeman verb • take by theft • take into custody | ||||||||
denounce | verbv | |||||||
verb • speak out against • to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful • announce the termination of, as of treaties • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
filch | verbv | |||||||
verb • make off with belongings of others | ||||||||
fink | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police verb • take the place of work of someone on strike • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | ||||||||
glom | verbv | |||||||
verb • take by theft • seize upon or latch onto something | ||||||||
grass | nounn | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
hook | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a catch for locking a door • a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook • anything that serves as an enticement • a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something • a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something • a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer • a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent • a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket verb • fasten with a hook • rip off; ask an unreasonable price • make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle • hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left • take by theft • make off with belongings of others • hit with a hook • catch with a hook • to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) • secure with the foot • entice and trap • approach with an offer of sexual favors | ||||||||
pilfer | verbv | |||||||
verb • make off with belongings of others | ||||||||