Definition of Stool pigeon

1. Noun. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.

Exact synonyms: Canary, Fink, Sneak, Sneaker, Snitch, Snitcher, Stoolie, Stoolpigeon
Generic synonyms: Betrayer, Blabber, Informer, Rat, Squealer
Derivative terms: Fink, Snitch, Snitch

2. Noun. A dummy pigeon used to decoy others.
Generic synonyms: Bait, Decoy, Lure

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

stooden
stooge
stooged
stooges
stooging
stook
stooked
stooker
stookers
stookie
stookies
stooking
stooks
stool-ball
stool pigeon (current term)
stool pigeons
stool softener
stool softeners
stool test
stoolball
stoole
stooled
stooles
stoolie
stoolies
stooling
stoolpigeon
stools
stooly

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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