Reputation for being an informant. It is used both in police jargon and street slang. It is NOT an actual jacket (as in a garment), or being beaten up (though it may result in being beaten up.) Jacket comes from the "file jackets" that were used by the police prior to computerization of records.
The phrase has part of its origins in the police interrogation tactic of threatening criminals who will not cooperate. Often the only reason a perpetrator doesn't snitch is because he fears it will get to the street and put him in danger. Ironically police officers threaten to publicize or have correctional officers publicize that a perpetrator's "jacket" says they are an informant to get them to inform. Someone with a "snitch jacket" is often just a willing informant obviously.
The phrase has part of its origins in the police interrogation tactic of threatening criminals who will not cooperate. Often the only reason a perpetrator doesn't snitch is because he fears it will get to the street and put him in danger. Ironically police officers threaten to publicize or have correctional officers publicize that a perpetrator's "jacket" says they are an informant to get them to inform. Someone with a "snitch jacket" is often just a willing informant obviously.
Son they trying to send me up north with a snitch jacket for 16 months! People asking me dumb s#!t like, "Oh I thought that carried a minimum of 3 years served? How you get that?" That's the normal plea deal but they trying to spin it to population to get me to drop dime. Guess I gotta snitch!
by Djibooty October 2, 2009
Get the Snitch jacketmug. by Chaz from the I December 7, 2016
Get the Snitch Nationmug. Intentionally getting someone in trouble by outting something they've done wrong while trying to keep it sly.
*You return to work from lunch with the boss right there*
Coworker to you: "I didn't know we had two hour lunches!"
You later: 😑
Dry snitching.
Coworker to you: "I didn't know we had two hour lunches!"
You later: 😑
Dry snitching.
by mashetee88 September 27, 2015
Get the dry snitchingmug. Russell flies Tom's Toy Helicopter on to the roof, Tom doesn't know yet. Dave is about to dry snitch.
Dave: Hey Tom, what's this remote control for?
Tom: That's for my new helicopter. Hey, where is it anyways?
Dave: Ohhh... I don't know, I saw Russell flying a helicopter earlier..
Dave: Hey Tom, what's this remote control for?
Tom: That's for my new helicopter. Hey, where is it anyways?
Dave: Ohhh... I don't know, I saw Russell flying a helicopter earlier..
by ThatsNotNorml December 23, 2014
Get the Dry Snitchmug. by Buttass September 7, 2013
Get the Snitch niggamug. A snitch gang is someone who often snitches or normally use this to thretane someone before possibly snitching on some on to scare them.
by Duncanmoobs May 25, 2018
Get the snitch gangmug. Someone who rats out stuff relating to things that have to do with Nintendo, such as ROM websites or fan games.
I WAS going to play Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 tonight, but some Nintendo Snitch ratted out EmuParadise and now I can't find anywhere to download it!
A Nintendo Snitch reported to Nintendo ANOTHER Super Mario 64 HD remake and it got taken down, it wasn't even a full level!
A Nintendo Snitch reported to Nintendo ANOTHER Super Mario 64 HD remake and it got taken down, it wasn't even a full level!
by MarfGamer July 12, 2017
Get the Nintendo Snitchmug.