stool pigeon

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Recent Examples of stool pigeon Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent. John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025 They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon. Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool pigeon
Noun
  • The reasons for the feud are somewhat opaque, but the Kinahans apparently suspected that Gary Hutch was an informant for the Spanish police.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Grasso tries to use his informant status to get Lizzie out of harm’s way.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Like canaries in the coal mine ocean form.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s what the canaries are telling us.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There are rats in Indiana who prefer a room with a view.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tim Stelloh Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
    Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Stool pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool%20pigeon. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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