stool pigeon
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nounDefinition of STOOL PIGEON
1
: a person acting as a decoy or informer; especially : a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities
2
: a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net
See Examples of STOOL PIGEON
- <the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon>
Origin of STOOL PIGEON
probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool
First Known Use: 1826
Related to STOOL PIGEON
- Synonyms
- betrayer, canary [slang], deep throat, fink, informant, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, informer, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whistle-blower
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