snitch line

noun

1. 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 “Protecting Minors” tip line — Jones calls it the “snitch line” — for complaints from the public about library workers and educators.

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Mr. Smith sent a letter to acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell about the snitch line, and asked that the commissioner share it with all agency employees.

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The probes targeted parents who were reported on a new Justice Department “snitch line.”

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Cox takes issue with Hogan’s vaccine mandate for health-care workers, use of a “snitch line” to report private Thanksgiving gatherings that violate pandemic restrictions, designation of businesses as “nonessential” and therefore to be closed under pandemic rules, and the use of police to monitor crowds outside of Easter services — all of which Cox argues violates rights to liberty or property.

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The “snitch line” seems to refer to Hogan’s November 2020 covid-prevention hotline for residents to report violations of his public health order banning large indoor groups.

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