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snitch line
noun
- a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
Example Sentences
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry made national headlines in December when he announced the 鈥淧rotecting Minors鈥 tip line 鈥 Jones calls it the 鈥渟nitch line鈥 鈥 for complaints from the public about library workers and educators.
Mr. Smith sent a letter to acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O鈥橠onnell about the snitch line, and asked that the commissioner share it with all agency employees.
The probes targeted parents who were reported on a new Justice Department 鈥渟nitch line.鈥
Cox takes issue with Hogan鈥檚 vaccine mandate for health-care workers, use of a 鈥渟nitch line鈥 to report private Thanksgiving gatherings that violate pandemic restrictions, designation of businesses as 鈥渘onessential鈥 and therefore to be closed under pandemic rules, and the use of police to monitor crowds outside of Easter services 鈥 all of which Cox argues violates rights to liberty or property.
The 鈥渟nitch line鈥 seems to refer to Hogan鈥檚 November 2020 covid-prevention hotline for residents to report violations of his public health order banning large indoor groups.
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