SNITCHING Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

snitching 1 of 3

noun

as in lying

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snitching

2 of 3

verb (1)

present participle of snitch

as in talking

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities he snitched on his friend because he was only looking out for himself

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snitching

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of snitch

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep snitched some paper from the office supply room for use with her printer at home

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Recent Examples of snitching

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As officers in his proffer interview gave him an inventory of various Crips colleagues who were snitching, on the run from police or already in prison,Davis summed up the reality of gangsta life. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 Time off hoarding and snitching ensued. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea. — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025 The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who taunted him about snitching during a recent trip to a Florida mall. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snitching

Noun

Blatant, in-your-face lying, cheating and stealing is the norm.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Melanie’s sister, Steph, begged Melanie to leave Sincere because of his compulsive lying and shady behavior.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of lying

Verb

Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
By then, despite the predictions, Callum was walking and talking.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of talking

Verb

This results in a snowball fight, some wedding crashing, and Lister stealing Hitler's bag.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
The only time the school has won anything in 30 years comes when scumbag Jim Harbaugh goes out and magically comes up with some sign-stealing special agent who then sends the program on a massive string of success.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stealing

Noun

Collins noted that Kao, who was facing federal charges at the time, was convicted of money laundering and bank fraud.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Molloy’s fraud was on Southeastern, a National Rail operator, rather than the Tube, but fare evasion still costs London’s transit system heavily.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fraud

Noun

Thursday is The New York Times’s favorite day of the week to publish crosswords with twists, surprises or extra layers of trickery to puzzle over.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
There was money, manipulation, secret meetings with shady characters in China, fake identities, lies, trickery, and deceit.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of trickery

Noun

Most often, this would be a network of fake accounts discovered by social media companies as part of their efforts to eliminate bots, scams, and online deception on their platforms.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
In writing her for the series, Kazan realized Cathy, despite her deceptions, is almost always telling the truth.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deception

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