snitch

cafter, dénoncer

Rapporter à une autorité les fautes de quelqu’un, ce qui est souvent vu comme une trahison.

En anglais simple : To tell someone in authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often seen as betraying that person.

• Do not snitch on me.
• Someone snitched to the teacher about our plan.
• He refused to snitch on his friends.

Comment l'utiliser : snitch on someone (He snitched on his friends.); snitch to someone (Someone snitched to the police about the robbery.)

Synonymes : tell on, inform on

Expressions courantes : snitch on someone, snitch to someone

chiper, piquer

Prendre quelque chose en cachette, surtout un petit objet.

En anglais simple : To take something secretly, especially something small.

• Who snitched my pen?
• He snitched a biscuit from the tin.
• She caught me snitching sweets from her bag.

Comment l'utiliser : snitch something from someone/something (She snitched a coin from his pocket.)

Synonymes : steal, pinch, swipe

Expressions courantes : snitch a biscuit, snitch something from someone

mouchard, balance

Personne qui rapporte les fautes des autres à une autorité, souvent pour leur attirer des ennuis.

En anglais simple : Someone who tells an authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often to get them into trouble.

• Nobody trusted the snitch.
• The gang suspected that he was a police snitch.
• They called her a snitch for telling the teacher.

Synonymes : informer, tattletale

Expressions courantes : a police snitch, call someone a snitch, a known snitch

voleur

Personne qui vole des choses.

En anglais simple : Someone who steals things.

• The snitch stole my wallet.
• They caught the snitch with the missing coins.
• A snitch had taken everything from his bag.

Synonymes : thief

Expressions courantes : a little snitch, catch a snitch