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Definition of Stool pigeon
1. Noun. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
Generic synonyms: Betrayer, Blabber, Informer, Rat, Squealer
Derivative terms: Fink, Snitch, Snitch
2. Noun. A dummy pigeon used to decoy others.
Definition of Stool pigeon
1. Noun. (slang) A decoy or an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stool Pigeon
Literary usage of Stool pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Offender and His Relations to Law and Society by Burdette Gibson Lewis (1917)
"The "Stool - pigeon" System a Necessary Evil. The "stool-pigeon" is a necessary
evil where there is not a sufficient appropriation to make possible the ..."
2. The Offender and His Relations to Law and Society by Burdette Gibson Lewis (1921)
"The "Stool - pigeon" System a Necessary Evil. The "stool-pigeon" is a necessary
evil where there is not a sufficient appropriation to make possible the ..."
3. Raising the Veil by Ball Fenner (1856)
"CHAPTER V. The Stool-Pigeon business as it lias been carried out in'Boston,
New-York, and other cities in the United States—The modus operandi of Police ..."
4. The American Metropolis: From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time : New by Frank Moss, Charles Henry Parkhurst (1897)
"... now run out—The Stool-pigeon Plan—Newspapers—The Modern breed of Editors—Extracts
from Newspapers of early and of recent Times—Exciting Times in the ..."
5. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;: From by Frank Moss (1897)
"... now run out—The Stool-pigeon Plan—Newspapers—The Modern breed of Editors—Extracts
from Newspapers of early and of recent Times—Exciting Times in the ..."
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