snitch
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Think twice before becoming the snitch that stole Christmas.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop, a snitch, a stool pigeon, an informer.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
I had a front-row seat to the unfolding snitch scandal through the cartoons I commissioned and the stories I edited for OC Weekly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
There were also folks like Paul Wilson, who lost his wife in the Seal Beach massacre and initially loathed Sanders until realizing the snitch scandal was real.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
At first, neither of us talks too much; I guess no one wants to snitch.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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 known informant was placed next to Dekraai in the county jail, and Sanders’ motions trying to find out more about the informant revealed a systematic, illegal use of snitches in a slew of cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Artists who came up under him, like Mr. Lee and Gunna, born Sergio Kitchens, now face accusations of being snitches — a potentially fatal label for rappers who trade in toughness and loyalty.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
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
