snitched
Example Sentences
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“They only do it at night. People are afraid of being snitched on.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Her team has found more than 7200 cases so far, including hundreds where offenders said something in a public setting— and were later snitched on by witnesses.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 9, 2023
The carrier said he did not report the verbal assault to his bosses because he worried residents would know it was him who snitched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
But it’s not immediately clear if somebody snitched.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Park said he lost his position as head of taekwondo training in Pyongyang in 2002, after squabbling with a midlevel apparatchik who apparently snitched on him to higher-ups in the government.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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