stool pigeon
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
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betrayer, informant, informer, rat, snitch, snitcher, squealer, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale
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