snitch-jacket

verb

To create suspicion around (a person) in a way that makes them appear to be an informer.

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Meanings

verbsnitch-jacket (third-person singular simple present snitch-jackets, present participle snitch-jacketing, simple past and past participle snitch-jacketed)

present singular third person snitch-jackets · participle present snitch-jacketing · participle past snitch-jacketed · past snitch-jacketed

  1. transitiveTo create suspicion around (a person) in a way that makes them appear to be an informer.

Origin

snitch + jacket; see jacket (“(slang) a police record”).

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APA

snitch-jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snitch-jacket

MLA

“snitch-jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snitch-jacket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snitch-jacket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snitch-jacket.

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