as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon
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They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
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Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
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“Stool pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool%20pigeon. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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