I'd swipe it all myself, don't you make any mistake about that, and you'd never get a look-in, only, sore as the mob is on the Gray Seal, it ain't healthy for any guy around these parts to get the reputation of being a snitch, no matter who he snitches on.
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale"
Frank L. Packard
Then there are the prison doctor, the steward of the commissary department, and the parole officer, and under them are the guards and the "snitches"-the latter not being officially recognized, although they wield an important influence, their reports against their fellow prisoners being seriously considered, and often made the basis of action by their superiors, which has no small effect upon the welfare of the jail.
"The Subterranean Brotherhood"
Julian Hawthorne