snitch

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

snitch, v. & n.
--v. sl.
1 tr. steal.
2 intr. (often foll. by on) inform on a person.
--n. an informer.

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

snitch

abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, beak, bear witness against, beezer, betray, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blow the whistle, boost, borrow, canary, conk, cop, crib, defraud, delator, embezzle, extort, filch, fink, hook, inform against, inform on, informer, lift, make off with, narc, nark, nick, nip, palm, peach, peacher, pecker, pilfer, pimp, pinch, poach, purloin, rat, run away with, rustle, schnozzle, scrounge, sell out, shoplift, sing, smeller, snare, snatch, snitch on, snitcher, snout, spy, squeak, squeal, squealer, steal, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, swindle, swipe, take, talebearer, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tell on, telltale, testify against, thieve, tipster, turn informer, walk off with, whistle-blower

ROGET THESAURUS

snitch

Disclosure

N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.

VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.