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snitch

[snich] / snɪtʃ /






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“LinkedIn’s low-key a snitch for that,” Istomin said about the alerts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Think twice before becoming the snitch that stole Christmas.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025

The State Department's snitch program may not go anywhere within its offices.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

In 59 other cases, charges were dropped, convictions overturned or sentences reduced because of what Sanders uncovered in the O.C. snitch scandal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

Trust among friends was poisoned by constant competition for food and pressure to snitch.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

To add to the Stasi effect, the tip line offers snitches anonymity.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

The emails appear designed to pit federal workers against one other, granting carrots to the snitches and wielding sticks over the silent.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025

That agreement also requires prosecutors to implement new policies to prevent the misuse of informants, maintain records and audits, and to disclose exculpatory evidence to criminal defendants involving snitches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

These hazelnut chocolate balls are wrapped in gold foil, which makes them perfect snitches.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021

To police the townships, the government relied on its network of impipis, the anonymous snitches who’d inform on suspicious activity.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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