Definition of "snitches" []

• Plural form of snitch. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snitch. (verb)

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• "She changed her mind, she testified, after learning that a paper identifying her and relatives, a description of her testimony, and the word snitches had been found circulating in city prisons."
• "Not all that long ago, the courageous few who dared to expose company cover-ups could count on being derided as mikkokusha -- "snitches" -- with no regard for collective harmony."
• "Then there are the prison doctor, the steward of the commissary department, and the parole officer, and under them are the guards and the "snitches" -- the latter not being officially recognized, although they wield an important influence, their reports against their fellow prisoners being seriously considered, and often made the basis of action by their superiors, which has no small effect upon the welfare of the jail."