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snitch-jacket

snitch-jacket verb: to create suspicion around (a person) in a way that makes them appear to be an informer.

Verb

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

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

Forms of snitch-jacket

third-person singular presentsnitch-jackets
present participlesnitch-jacketing
past participlesnitch-jacketed
pastsnitch-jacketed

Origin of snitch-jacket

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

Words formed from snitch-jacket

Questions about snitch-jacket

What does snitch-jacket mean?
Snitch-jacket means to create suspicion around (a person) in a way that makes them appear to be an informer.
What part of speech is snitch-jacket?
Snitch-jacket is a verb.
What is the past tense of snitch-jacket?
The past tense of snitch-jacket is snitch-jacketed.

Words near snitch-jacket in the dictionary

  1. snit-fits
  2. snitch
  3. snitch bitch
  4. snitch bitches
  5. snitch up
  6. snitch-jacket
  7. snitch-jacketed
  8. snitch-jacketing
  9. snitch-jackets
  10. snitched
  11. snitched up

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