snitcher

English Thesaurus

1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)

hypernym	:	betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer,
definition	:	one who reveals confidential information in return for money (noun.person)

2. a thief who steals without using violence (noun.person)

hypernym	:	stealer, thief,
definition	:	a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it (noun.person)

hyponym	:	wharf rat,
definition	:	someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses (noun.person)

3. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)

derivation	:	confess, fink, squeal,
definition	:	confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication)

derivation	:	betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on,
definition	:	give away information about somebody (verb.communication)

4. a thief who steals without using violence (noun.person)

derivation	:	abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe,
definition	:	make off with belongings of others (verb.possession)

derivation	:	cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve,
definition	:	take by theft (verb.possession)

5. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)

derivation	:	confess, fink, squeal,
definition	:	confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication)

derivation	:	betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on,
definition	:	give away information about somebody (verb.communication)

6. a thief who steals without using violence (noun.person)

derivation	:	abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe,
definition	:	make off with belongings of others (verb.possession)

derivation	:	cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve,
definition	:	take by theft (verb.possession)