snitch-jacket

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English

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.
    Hypernym: bad-jacket

Usage notes

  • Associated with law enforcement agencies.