Example Sentences

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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

A new analysis by an Orange County Public Defender shows at least 57 serious felony cases, including murder trials, were affected by the use of snitches.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

It’s OK if they’re not perfect — your seekers will snatch up these snitches faster than you can say, “I open at the close.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021

“How do we look like snitches? Do we have new clothes or good weapons? Are we too well fed?”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline