snitch
verb uk/snɪtʃ/ us/snɪtʃ/
(TELL SECRETLY)
[ I ] informal disapproving告发，告密，揭发
to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble
She thought I'd snitched on her. 她认为是我告了她。
UK He snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work! 他向老板告密，说我上班时打长途电话！
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- Would you snitch on your friend's partner?
- Inmates who snitch on other inmates risk being savagely beaten.
- Eventually a classmate snitched, and Emma was called to the headteacher's office.
(STEAL)
[ T ] informal偷窃，盗窃
to steal something
"Where did you get that money?" "I snitched it from my dad when he wasn't looking." “你从哪里搞到的那些钱？”“我趁爸爸不注意时偷的。”
Dad snitched the Halloween sweets.
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- I once snitched a bottle of perfume from my mother's bedroom.
- He'd snitched credit card numbers from credit-company computers.
- "Slamming" refers to an underhanded method of snitching clients from rivals.